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Originally Posted by Shaun
I guess a better example for India would be - did you watch the series with Kellie Maloney? She was also deeply insecure and largely unpopular on here (perhaps not to the overbearing extent that India is now - because she had James Jordan, Frenchy and White Dee to contest with  ) and because of the very recent nature of her transition at that time, she, obviously, still looked very 'male' and as such I think was treated more as a joke than as a fully fledged transition that was now happy and who they wanted to be.
Botched surgery is definitely a factor and I think that's unfortunate (also perhaps age: if someone transitions when younger, as indeed Luke and Nadia did, the effect is probably more 'convincing' because of, idk, young skin being more malleable and forgiving  )
India is a unique (to Big Brother anyway) case though in that she keeps distancing herself from the more feminine housemates. Even wanting the males to enter the house because she thought the women were too bitchy (how progressive  ) so I definitely think there's some internalised misogyny on her part.
It does have a large influence over who you socialise with and feel comfortable with, though, which is why I suggested it - the enforcement of heterosexuality as the norm does also have a demoralising effect. Without even taking into consideration the legality aspect (it would've been decriminalised the year she was born so not TOO important I guess lol, but still recent history), it's an example of how the idea of masculinity and male privilege isn't as all-encompassing as it may be seen as, if it's not including queer/trans people.
I'll concede though that I know nothing of the female struggle so I'm trying my best not to mansplain my point is just that there are times when "male privilege" doesn't feel that powerful (and I admit, there are many times when it's taken for granted and not noticed) |
I'm not taking it as mansplaining
I think we're each looking at it it from our own experiences which will be totally different but that in itself kind shows what I mean (or else I've just confused you even more, one or the other)