A lot of writing I have seen reduces violence to a cis male–cis female dynamic, where it is presented as though there is nothing beyond and nothing between. Any arguments directed toward a trans audience are tacked on, even though trans folks, and trans women in particular, face disproportionate and severe levels of violence. It is as though trans readers are a secondary audience, when instead transness should be built right into the argument from its conception, especially since everybody has the potential to be trans. Everyone has a complex relationship with their gender identity. Cis people
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