That’s a very important point. Gender crits prefer simple, reductive narratives, as if all trans girls experience the same things growing up. We are seen as a monolith, and when we do experience misogyny as children it is written off as something we either enjoy or actively bring upon ourselves, thereby being easily dismissible. We are often seen as experiencing some glorious form of male privilege until we get bored with it and decide to become oppressed, which is objectively ridiculous. While many of us do come out or present feminine later in life, that doesn’t mean we weren’t impacted by being in the closet. Like most life experiences, it’s complicated and varies widely from person to person. These days, some younger trans girls even escape the trauma many of us faced because of the increased visibility we’re seeing today.

The cognitive dissonance in transphobic “feminists” is particularly strong. It’s a shame, because all feminine people in our culture experience misogyny to some extent and we are stronger when we unite together to fight that which oppresses us all. Transmisogyny isn’t a lesser form of misogyny, and we shouldn’t be comparing our experiences to figure out who had it worse in the first place. All of our experiences are real and how we feel about them is valid.

All that said, thank you for your response! It was definitely thought-provoking