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Originally Posted by Niamh.

It actually isn't double standards at all though. Can white people comment on race issues? yes Can white people say they know how it feels to be discriminated against like a black person does? No. No one is telling men they can't have an opinion on this, what's being said is you can't tell women that what they feel isn't real and is masking something else (their inner transphobia) well you can tell us that if you want but don't be surprised when we disagree with you

Oh well that's separate then If his issue is with being told he can't speak for someone else and know their feelings.

I do think this double standard exists and is rife on the forum.

But as TS himself says, it's not so much the intention (no. Men can't know what it's like to be a woman anymore than women know what it's like to be male) but the way in which it's used as though to shut down an opinion.