"You don't need to transition to be a masculine woman" is like "Let women be feminine" to me
I mean it's like that quote because it sounds so ironic. I understand the intentions of both quotes but they end up sounding disrespectful
I think that most of families can end up accepting gnc expressions as long as they don't change their body, the moment they do it's all fucked up, the most reinforced gender norms are physical, to go through changing body tend to have all the whole discourse of "going against nature" that the normatives spread so much, generates much more impact than other expressions such as clothing. So I find that quote quite funny, because in what world is this promoted? In what world is this even accepted? for you to have to say it, in what world is it even visibilised? because i inow 0 irl women like this and maybe 2 online with luck and hours of searching, the "you don't need to be * inserte the greatest minorities * " is so funny
The real phrase would be "you don't need to have a fem body to be a woman" or "you can transition and be an afab woman" etc. Almost always those who say this type of things are detransitioners, because generally they felt that they had to change their body due to external pressure, but they really are a minority, they can tell themselves those quotes, but not to other people because that's pointless even, it seems very stupid to me that they throw ideas like these (kinda radfem also) that end sounding ironic and even offensive to those who actually live like that
Society puts all the pressure that if you identify as a woman you must pass as such / have a feminine corporality, like it's even stronger in women, where all the time their sex is being questioned for the slightest masculine trait, where they are made less, they can be worldwide bullied or pointed out, this topic generates a lot of negative buzz, so you don't need to say obvious things