I’m Not A Woman But I’ll Take The Benefits | Transmaxxer Life Uncovered | Channel 4 Documentaries

[@itbeWOLFLINGS]

Life as a woman might be a bit better sometimes. Life as a man might be a bit better in other ways. But life as a trans person is almost never going to be an advantage.

[@Roserytemptation]

It's detrimental to folk's mental health who go through it but there are certain advantages in all walks off life when you're part of a protected group. I actually have a personal example of this: my parents run an antique shop/bizarre and within that we built a cafe. As more people started to turn up to use the cafe rather than just to browse the items from the various vendors we employed some waiting staff from the local college. That's when we met *Zena* changed her name obviously. We employed her and she worked with us fir about 3 months before leaving for university. During those three months Zena was late to work multiple times and when we spoke to her she said she was late because her mental health was suffering as a result of being trans (she was omly 18 too which is worth noting). So we spoke to our HR advisor (subcontracted) and they said we should make amendments to her contract so she could arrive later than usual (she was contracted to work 12 hours a week) so we did and Zena signed it. She ended up getting paid less as a result but whatever, her choice. I have never encountered that before though, normally if someone is late multiple times I a row we would let then go, but we were quite worried about being dragged into a employment tribunal because Zena was very ... gutsy shall we say and certainly knew her rights, which is fine obviously if anything it's encouraged but it's a bit annoying when someone's first point of conversation to you as the owner's son is "how the bosses screw me over" sort of thing. Anyway, we ask our employees not to use the customer bathrooms as there are limited toilet spaces and we have an employee-only bathroom (unisex). Zena used the customer toilet and went into the female bit - we asked her not to do this and she then said we had discriminated against her because she was trans and had told her to use the male bathroom... Are you starting to see where this is headed? Things certainly took a turn. We contacted the HR person AGAIN (2 times in a month over one employee which is unheard of for us) and they said that because the contract of employment didn't specify which toilets to use, if we asked her not to use those toilets it could be seen as discriminatory and essentially we just had to bite the bullet. We stopped using that HR person and signed up to another one. They said the same thing. Without wanting to change someone's contract twice in what was now 2 months, we just said that Zena could use whatever toilet she wanted. She left a month later. We have employed one other trans person since then and they were brilliant, I'm not at all suggesting that all trans people or protected groups do this sort of thing, but there is an issue with being part of a protected group that once some people are aware of that, they take things to the extreme and make your life very difficult. I worked at a corporate company years layer and they had an issue with an employee in one their stores who was always late, sick, didn't hit targets etc ... they let then go during their probation period and they got taken to court for racial discrimination and this company basically just paid them off (around £5-7k can't remember now) because it was cheaper than going to court. It later trnaspired that this individual had done this to their last 3 employers. Interesting. Obviously the sacking had nothing to do with their race, but it goes to show that again, there are people, albiet a tiny minority, who use the system to their advantage. So whilst I agree with you that being trans doesn't really offer any benefit and probably adds more negativity to your life than positivity, there are certain advantages of being in a protected class so to speak - would anyone falsely transition to gain these benefits? I doubt it, seems like a lot of effort to me, one of my best mates at college was a trans male and they had to wait 8 years for testosterone gel (from 20to 28) so it seems like a lot of effort to go through if you're not actually a trans person.

[@Beyonder1987]

In UK there’s never been a better time and advantage to be a Trans. They are protected group

[@piprod01]

No true. Like a 3rd of employers say they wouldn't hire a trans person. Being a protected class doesn't stop people discriminating in reality.

[@InsanitiesBrother]

I think someone with a mindset to transmax isn't bothered by the hate you can get in some situations (mostly online). In the typical middle class office setting right now, you won't face any day to day aggro. More people just wierded out but will still fully engage with you as a person.

[@kayla_white01]

My life became unbelievably beautiful after trooning, I went from an incel gamer to a gorgeous business woman and im not even joking. I'm blessed that I pass and the advantages in life of looking like an attractive woman are so absolutely insane I can't begin to describe how happy I am

[@jopalfrey8144]

This is just the next step on the incel ladder and the fact that women are expected to accept men like this into our spaces is abhorrent.

[@susiea9058]

I thought Incels were USA men who are angry and confused, that women don't want to sleep with men who sit online promoting hated and abuse of women.

[@sciadredan5410]

@@DaibhidhBhoAlba The dude literally admits to being an incel in the video.

[@socaranectien1933]

You’re just a hater. You have it good in many ways, so you can spare some space for these strong, brave, and beautiful transmaxxers

[@coldestbeer]

Wow. Pretty bigoted to deny their identity and calling them "incels"

[@Jinars.]

Many women support the LGBT movement. You asked for this. You deserve this.

[@neepers22]

Favourite bit so far - Sammy wants to be a traditional homemaker, yet has a home that looks like a typical bloke's bachelor pad 🤣

[@jamessmith99731]

and he had the food prepared by someone else and delivered to his door.

[@ullscarf]

I was contacted by a 'woman' on a dating site and in the photos taken in 'her' untidy flat I could see an XBox, bottles of real ale, pizza boxes etc.

[@sparagmos4748]

@@ullscarf I'm a full on XX and I'm an absolute slob😁😜

[@ullscarf]

@sparagmos4748 It was the particular style of slobbery...

[@sparagmos4748]

@@ullscarf True, those items are missing from my domestic chaos!😅

[@tothelighthouse9843]

This is about incels finding ways to date eachother. Re-interview this guy in 5 years & ask him about all the 'benefits' he's experienced as an average-looking woman with few job skills & even fewer social skills.

[@frakismaximus3052]

Probably be divorced and quite well off because of it

[@tothelighthouse9843]

@@frakismaximus3052 Well he'll be better off in that he'll have left an unhappy marriage, presumably. But studies show that post-divorce women are more likely to experience a significant household INCOME DROP compared to men. He'll have lost the household support of the higher paid individual in his family, which is his male partner. He's unlikely to receive much in the divorce settlement, since half of the assets acquired during a very brief marriage amounts to very little. He'll only be better off financially if he stops pretending he's female--he's much more likely to earn a higher income as a male than pretending he's a woman. Men are paid more than women. If this guy's trying to make money, he needs to put the dresses away & go take advantage of the unearned benefits our culture bestows on his sex.

[@MrMadalien]

"average-looking" nah. Just nah. hahaha

[@Fireglo]

I know quite a few trans women who were virgins when they were male and now they have sex regularly and are generally happier peopel.

[@col.strayga1389]

@@tothelighthouse9843 😂You must be trolling?

[@ZenEmir]

A 4chan troll going mainstream ...

[@freshtoast3879]

Lool

[@mattb6704]

If it gives us a funny documentary or some good memes I’m okay with this

[@jarate8076]

when the sharty goes mainstream all shall fall

[@kdk7361]

r9cute went too far 😭😭😭

[@2wdr5]

​@@kdk7361 doesn't it always?

[@picturestoreage504]

Just so that you know, there is no discount for being female when it comes to car insurance. There used to be, but it was stopped due to it being classed as sexual discrimination. It was based on the statistics that women tend to have fewer and less serious accidents. I remember when it changed, I had a big hike in premiums that year.

[@Warsie]

In the US that still happens. You have to live as a woman for 3 years to get the female rates though

[@maya1693]

This is the most pathetic, ridiculous thing i have ever heard. He needs to get a life

[@benhart777]

More so than other transvestites / transsexuals? I think the whole trans thing is a load of deeply unhappy and unhinged individuals with no self respect

[@SaminaHat]

I'm sure you do LOL

[@jimballantine4408]

I think that's his point!!!

[@MLPRainbowFantasy]

She HAS a life and is more happier then you'll ever be.

[@willma2625]

@@MLPRainbowFantasy He. He's very open about not feeling like a woman or wanting to really transition. He wants the "benefits" of being a woman, without actually transitioning.

[@Not_a_number_]

"High-quality males will be attracted to you." 😂😂😂 WTF?

[@vidamariaixchel4962]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 this guy exudes mental illness, so I doubt that very much! Lol.

[@worldcitizen2941]

We used to call them 'closet gays' 😂

[@Sol-fo2zu]

This is such an outside-in Barbie dreamworld understanding of womanhood. It's like they base everything on the ideal life of a Scandinavian supermodel.

[@Fireglo]

@@worldcitizen2941 except gays aren't going to be attracted to men that look like women. It's about secondary sex characteristics. A straight man can get off to a drawing of a woman if it's sexy even though it's not a real woman just like they can get off to a man that appears to be very female.

[@lunaloynaz-lopez2318]

@@Sol-fo2zu Such a flawless explanation of how they see our lives

[@redstar7292]

Does he really think not fitting what stereotypical man is meant to be, is by default a women?. Women can be strong, successful, confident and out going also.

[@Milonification]

exactly. And men can be vulnerable etc.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

"A decade ago, the European Court of Justice ruled that taking gender into account when calculating car insurance premiums violated EU gender equality legislation. Regulations banning the practice came into effect in December 2012 and remain in force in the UK although we’ve since left the EU. Under the law, insurers can’t automatically discount your premiums if you’re a woman or increase them if you’re a man. However, in practice, men continue to pay more for their car insurance than women because they’re more likely to have other factors that increase premiums, such as penalty points, driving convictions, high-powered cars, higher mileage, and occupations insurers judge as riskier."

[@Sina-dv1eg]

This dude just read the "transmaxxing manifesto" made by an American and believed it fully without checking anything, not even if it applies in his country. It's an incel cult

[@Oendikla]

no it was written by a Swedish (cis, non-transmaxxer) man. But that point may have been intended for an American audience. you can check it the Incel podcast "The Transmaxxing Manifesto w/ Vintologi" episode@@Sina-dv1eg

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

Women (temporarily or permanenly) leave the workforce often due to having children, so hiring men over them isn't due to discrimination, but due to companies wanting to secure profits. Oh wait, it doesn't work the other way around

[@victoriaryan1509]

Came here to say this - their manifesto is wildly out of date!

[@userequaltoNull]

​@@victoriaryan1509 ORRR! It wasnt written by a European. Different places have different laws.

[@cmmndrblu]

Adults telling kids how to stealth buy and inject hormone ingredients is called grooming.

[@pervinmervin]

Who give a shit they not your kids. And they gay anyway so no use in society. They just meat.

[@BrownEyedVampy]

Shutting down your child and not letting them see medical professionals to determine if they are trans is abuse😊

[@dianedoody6408]

Abuse...

[@Ethjr]

I didn't see this person talking to children, but indoctrinating children by telling them sky man is looking at them whilst they are naked and as children is also a form of grooming

[@envya4174]

@@BrownEyedVampyliterally

[@kyleanuar9090]

Lesbian dating apps are filled by these guys

[@BooksWeCanRead]

Yup.

[@Da90sbaby]

🤮🤢 And they don't get rid of them

[@sparagmos4748]

​@@Da90sbaby I have heard they encourage them😳🫤

[@sparagmos4748]

To be fair this particular one is gay, a man into men.

[@Da90sbaby]

@@sparagmos4748 Do you have to be fair? They all should be into each other 💩

[@Susan-vx8ez]

If Sammy thinks he will have more advantages by masquerading as a woman he's in for a bit of a shock 😮

[@LiquidMarvel]

Sammy has a partner now and said that their life has improved. What does it matter? You are not dating them, their choices have no impact on your life

[@michael10613]

he already experienced it tho? You mad? No point in being a microdick short male at all, I would do the same in his position

[@henrytomas]

Didn't his life improve dramatically? From being ignored to getting gifts bought for him?? Yall slow or something?

[@socaranectien1933]

You dim? He has a better life now 😂 He weighed the pros and cons and made the best decision. It’s all about min-maxing. That’s why it’s called transMAXXING

[@wausjackbauer128]

With enough time on Estrogen, his life will become easier in the western world

[@emme2141]

15:59 - so what I’m getting from this is that the trans community is basically saying all being a woman is is their clothing and makeup. What happened to when we got taught we shouldn’t sterotype people, or assume someones gender based on their clothes?

[@arthurfrain.5363]

whatever this is does not represent the trans community overall. this is borderline 4chan incel behaviour, i have Never met a trans women who fetishes her existence like this person does. it’s fucking grim of channel 4 to platform this bullshit when actual trans people are suffering every single day

[@sadworm9538]

I don't think that's what the trans community thinks, I think it's what a few trans people think. A lot of trans people don't present typically or dress up and wear make up so I don't think that's a fair thing for anyone to say. I'm a trans man and I think arguably transitioning my way is easier cause I've never felt my gender or sex has impacted me in the workplace. However I dealt with a lot of harassment, fetishization and abuse when people could tell I was trans by the way I looked. I think people who say it's easier to transition to another sex have luckily avoided significant discrimination and harassment

[@eddllkkee]

@@sadworm9538 it is physically impossible to transition from one sex to another. if men didn't feel that materialistic things made them women then they wouldn't need all these surgeries. Your ideology is solely based on how others perceive you.

[@sciadredan5410]

This is what transgenderism has always been.

[@fruppy]

This is not what trans people think, this is not what any of the trans people I know think. This is what people who have fallen down a right wing incel pipeline think. Sammy expresses that multiple times in the video.

[@pipersmith8898]

As a mental health professional in the UK this is genuinely very concerning for the person themselves because they fundamentally dislike who they are and convinced themselves (with the help of the incel community online) that they will never be good enough or have value as a man and so this is a different option that they suggest works better but actually not only is it damaging to the genuine trans community and hurting women themselves , it is also not going to ultimately fulfil this person in the way they desire because have inner work about self worth that they need to desperately address

[@TonyLing]

Trans the gay away

[@hellsbells961]

Well said. Don't understand why he just admit he's gay. It's much easier being gay than being gay and pretending to be trans .

[@umamicashflow1809]

No such as "the genuine trans community." Gender identity is the unfalsifiable claim of sexed soul.

[@Foxiepawstotti]

I was just going to say "trans the gay away", but someone already did, what I will say is maybe you should have spoken out about all this a bit more, as a mental health professional, eh ?

[@susami_]

Wait till you peak and realize there is nothing like a genuine trans community, it's always like this. And self hating women identifying as men.

[@tomuxp1]

Is there no mental hospitals in uk?

[@mocanasuoana619]

There is...😅 But have to wait in the queue for a checkup for years and this is the result...

[@Ladyfingers-333]

Yep and you have to be smearing shit up the wall or killing someone to get there, the mental healthcare system is a fucking joke

[@caroledixon1893]

The worlds gone mad

[@Ladyfingers-333]

Practically non existent

[@TomNook.]

It's all about "care in the community" these days. Aka they live amongst us.

[@cactusitude]

All that effort to still look like a bloke

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

Lies detected = 0.

[@acex222]

What effort, lmao

[@madmax5841]

@LittleWilly-BigMan 30% of women are 3/10s

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

Yes but now he won't be as affected by misandry as before.

[@SaminaHat]

This is after 6 months of hrt, after 2 years of treatment, I'll show you what I look like and then you can have a fair shot.

[@megsley]

incel to trans pipeline IS REAL.

[@FuckYoutube-wf1wh]

It always was

[@ianissimo]

Incel to transphobe is more real. But at least the video offered many instances of this kind of thing so we could see how prevalent it is.

[@Finland-od7gb]

@@ianissimoincel to transphobe?? What is blud talking about???

[@ianissimo]

@@Finland-od7gb misogyny and transmisogny are often good pals, especially granted how eager the alt right is to make out with other dissidents.

[@AdamOBrien29]

Always thought this would be the progression. Incels will look for anyway to possibly get sex rather than being a decent person

[@Welcometotherox]

This has as much journalistic integrity as the Mitchell and Webb sketch "The Boy With An Arse For A Face".

[@Red-Revolution708]

Who cares, it’s nothing but tv dribble!

[@fc1759]

Its Channel 4 yt channel what were you expecting?

[@ido5139]

THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT, I LOLED SO HARD

[@trippymchippy8586]

I don't see it your way. It was a fairly throwaway look at one individual and a few peripheral characters. Ultimately, the older trans lady nailed it - so long as you're not causing harm or breaking laws, so what. I find it fascinating that society has been successfully distracted by the trans 'issue', as it's undeniably a total non-issue.

[@ephre]

@@trippymchippy8586 Yeah, i really don't get why it's just now everyone is losing their minds, trans people have been in society for a very long time. It's just another othering device for right wingers to get people angry about. It's like the 50k boat arrivals in comparison to the 800k legal immigrants, no one seems to care about the rich people, and admittedly desperately needed doctors and nurses, the tories are letting in. We should be asking why our education system is so broken we can't fill these jobs ourselves.

[@EziosBladez]

They listed off how they viewed being a 'man' explaining how much work it would be, then they decided to become an entirely different gender like that isn't work and a constant battle for the rest of their life, confusing.

[@frillsnferns]

Yes, it's almost like this story I'd fake or something ha!

[@bannedmann4469]

That’s just how hard it is for most to be men. They can’t handle it.

[@adelb7897]

​@@bannedmann4469yup and this is how we know that we as a society failed men, also as individuals with our biases. We need to rethink the double standards we have towards men and any individuals born as male. Also we shouldnt have double standards for women obviously.

[@126theman]

I think feminism has led to feminine counting all people/behaviors but masculinity is still restrictive and challenging.

[@jayanouni]

So he wants to be his mom? And : These shallow concepts of what a woman is , zero acknowledgement of the physical/ emotional aspects periods, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause etc

[@FuManBoobs]

Not every woman can give birth either. All the trans hate comments on this are disgusting. People can't take the time to educate themselves or respect the way others want to live.

[@AMT-cx7jw]

@@FuManBoobs Well.... It depends. It is really no ones business how other people live their lives, at all. But this video touches on deeper societal issues, and the LGBTQ movement in itself, does everything in its power to turn ignorant people against what itself. It has become extreme

[@jayanouni]

Not being able to give birth is a sliver of reflection on the reality of being in a woman’s body

[@jayanouni]

To reduce being able to birth or not , shows a very limited understanding of the very real physical experience of being a woman in a woman's body .

[@FuManBoobs]

@@jayanouni That was just one point showing how silly your comment is. YOUR idea of a woman includes birthing, something I just pointed out not all women can do. Hence your comment is incorrect. Try to keep up.

[@spellonyou7987]

I'm honestly baffled to the the idea of transmaxxing as somehow being Transgender especially a transgender woman gives benefits and privileges. I was born and raised in Asia, I transitioned right after I graduated from high school and now I'm in my 30's, and trust me by transition I automatically become a second-class citizen in my country, we won't have the privileges of what biological women have. Your family disowned you, your friends stopped communicating with you, society discriminated against you, job opportunities and your dating pool are smaller. That is why many transgender women work in the sex industry because of the limitations that society gives to them. So the idea of this transmaxxing sounds like all crap to me.

[@Haiylin]

It's because they're all misogynists and hate women. These people think that women are somehow more privileged and lead better lives because they are women, so they transition out of imagined envy. Even in the comments here you can find people who say that the person in this video is probably living a better life because they're considered a woman now and have privilege. These people are completely parallel with reality to be honest.

[@Jlienos]

4:23 😊

[@ogawasanjuro]

Wow... finally an informed opinion on this topic and how it relates to Sammy. I learned a lot from your post. Thank you.

[@SomeKata]

You're right about everything but the dating pool. Trans people have the largest pool of people willing to date them verses their own population.

[@Violet-lz9mv]

“the privileges of what bio women have” You reap the benefits of being male. Society hates women.

[@vixxa]

This is actually VERY common among trans ppl, but it's a conversation that is discouraged publicly. Gay boys transitioning bc they make more money in sex work, disabled males transitioning to be treated better as disabled women, underachieving men who dislike the societal and familial pressure to be leaders or providers, pervy men who want access to women's spaces, anxious men who feel inadequate/manly, etc etc etc. happens a lot in the community. the claim that trans ppl all feel like they were "born in the wrong body" is a myth

[@purplespaceship2417]

You are spot on.

[@currentyearok]

Interesting. can you give a percentage?

[@brianwestbye9015]

Yes tell me more about an experience you have never had. 🙃

[@littleboots9800]

​@@brianwestbye9015silly point. You don't have to be trans to read the literature, listen to clinicians and hear from those who identify as trans. Even those very sympathetic to the trans community say transvestic/cross dressing fetishism like AGP outnumber the traditional 'gender dysphoric' transexuals who believe they were born in the "wrong body."

[@lolbajset]

based queen 💯👑

[@moffat5914]

we have a serious mental health issue going on.

[@dyardsale5475]

I suspected that sub conscientiously this was happening, but never imagined that anyone would admit it.

[@dra2033]

they openly discuss this in online forums .. the fact that most people don’t know genuinely blows my mind

[@dyardsale5475]

​@@dra2033 I don't read forums, I am shocked that people admit to this. I suspected that this force was working behind the scenes. My best friend who died 6 years ago, told me that many gay people are straight people who pretend to be gay because it is easier to get sex from a gay man than from a woman and they are corrupt enough to do that, I did not know some would go so far as to gender transition.

[@CMCAdvanced]

@@dra2033 Most people don't give a solid fuck about online forums

[@llIlIlllII]

Which forums? @@dra2033

[@cement_eater]

These people are very real, but not that common. Don't trust UK news media

[@AimeeColeman]

"i was 5"8 but I've lost weight so now I'm 5"7" 😂😂 That has to be a troll

[@iroscoe]

Unless he had really fat feet , or maybe a one inch layer of fat on top of his head ......

[@radicalsini]

He lost an inch off his already small pp 😂

[@blaow8140]

MTFs can lose height on hormones. Not a lot, but an inch is possible.

[@biegebythesea6775]

Okay, no, this really is the last question - so I didn't know he was gay. From the way he spoke about it, he feels it's easier to date men as a woman than to do so as a man. I never considered that dating as a gay man would be so difficult.

[@boliusabol822]

bisexual men will say that dating men is easier than dating women.. Maybe it's easier for women to get men than for gay men to get men.

[@mespb]

It wasn’t clear that they’re gay before. It sounds like they experimented after transmaxxing.

[@CherryDreamer96]

It's scary the lengths people go to for sex

[@joshuajordan7536]

like ur mom then

[@CherryDreamer96]

@@joshuajordan7536 *shocked pikachu face*

[@stellawest]

​@@joshuajordan7536lol found the trans maxxer. Do you not like being a man, love?

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😂

[@apebass2215]

It's scary the lengths men go for sex.

[@sciadredan5410]

I'm so happy they featured that AGP around 15:00. Documentaries about transgenderism usually feature homosexual transsexuals, when they're actually the minority. More people need to see the standard transwoman: middle-aged, non-passing, attracted to women and misogynistic.

[@Oendikla]

all old AGP's were once young AGP's. decades ago, AGP's started transitioning as middle aged because they were able to get married, and their normal heterosexual relationship masked their AGP. but more recently these people are incels, thus no hope for normal heterosexual experience, and they have to resort to AGP, even if they are only mildly AGP

[@sparagmos4748]

​@@Oendikla I knew a trans woman who was very unimpressed with those men at the gender clinic. She said that they were part time trans- wanting to be on hormones, but continuing their male life for the higher pay and status, and yes, in some cases, for the hetero marriage. No gender dysphoria, pure fetish 😮🫤

[@miriamlana833]

How do you know if she's AGP, only because she's so old and ugly (optical)? Btw, there are tons of elder cis women that "manly looking" too. And saying that many (she not said all) women are hypergamous or gold diggers is not misogyny but reality.

[@nigel4776]

If life gives you lemons, make beer

[@gc4161]

Humans created lemons …they aren’t natural rather a hybrid

[@crimsonmckenzie98]

Lmao!!! Love it

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

You know what would have been good in this documentary? talking to some actual women and not just an off the cuff comment from a make-up artist. this documentary reeks of misogynistic ideas that are never addressed at all.

[@spaceranger8856]

Do you not see the trans woman he is talking to? That is an actual woman, stop the hate.

[@LeaMumof3]

​@@spaceranger8856 that's a dude, bro.

[@sniperbarbie8179]

​@@spaceranger8856Stop being a misogynist. A woman is an adult female, this is a man, a male human. Women aren't costumes to be worn for benefits. Actual women are born as such.

[@tatianarizktaylor1818]

@@spaceranger8856Get REAL. That is not a woman. It’s a very messed up feeble little MAN.

[@BooksWeCanRead]

💯 it’s literally three men chatting to each other about those money grabbing bitches 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@xopi2521]

When you’re a young attractive woman you get a few benefits but after that it’s hell. I know I’ve taken my brother place with me like the doctor where I’m dismissed and I’ve had some serious things. But men don’t have it easy either. Changing gender for that is idiotic.

[@TomsGarage007]

I think they're just justifying transition to an extent with this terminology. Like someone might have an underlying repressed desire to be perceived in a more effeminate way but use the idea of "transmaxxing" to partially disassociate from it because justifying by saying "women have it better, and I can use for financial & social advantages" & "I suffer more as an effeminate man than as a woman (dating, emasculation, discrimination etc)" is alot easier to come to terms with than transness, especially considering the transphobia & general misogyny in the incel culture they emerged from. If they are eventually a happier person for it I don't personally see the problem, because if they spend their life long term as a women and prefer it, gaining a more fulfilling life in the process, I'd say that's just them successfully transitioning and generally improving themselves, not idiocy.

[@LeaMumof3]

I was a very attractive young woman and I really dont think there were any benefits beyond having clothing comfortably and effortlessly fit. I was sexually harassed constantly. I was raped mutiple times, including by an employer. I was sexually assaulted by men on bith sides of my family and abandoned, declared a ward of state because men couldnt keep their hands off me. I lost jobs when I wouldnt return interest with male colleagues. I was treated unfairly by other female colleagues and all of my contributions were dismissed. I felt as though i always had to work harder than them. It was a curse for me. I am much happier in my mid 30s, aging and losing male focus. I feel safer.

[@TwoLeftSh0es]

When people like to show how men have it so good they tend to point to outliers and snap shots of the lives of the 1%. When people want to show how bad women have it they do the same. The fact is that we live in a completely gynocentric society and women a huge amount of advantages.

[@LorettaBangBang]

@@LeaMumof3 yeah anyone claiming it's easier is a) delusional b) hasn't ever and will never experience actually being a woman

[@LeaMumof3]

@@LorettaBangBang indeed. Most women have experiences that would whiten the hair of men. My husbands worst experiences are my experiences that he's had to hold me through.

[@Jenny-tl7gk]

I'm trying to understand this new type of transmaxing but it feels slightly like he's been groomed to think as a women your life is automatically easier. Each gender has it's own advantages and disadvantages, but I find it quite sexist to say a women wants a successful man and she will doll herself up to do so. I will agree there are certain women who will do this but most women have better life goals then a rich husband 😅 it will be intresting to see if sammy or other transmaxing people choose to stay transitioned or will reverse when they see the grass isnt greener on the other side.

[@jessebelle336]

Its so sexist! Assuming women are dressing up for a reason instead just having fun and expressing yourself. They are projecting. Most trans women don't think like that. Self expression and style is so important and not about OTHERS!

[@greenblossom019]

the grass is greener though. The video you're watching literally proves it. Dude it takes one search to find MANY transgender male testimonies that go into detail about how much worse their life has become since transitioning to male with some committing su1c1de. All "advantages" of being men are nullified by how hard it is to get sex (basic human need). Im less likely to be stalked at night? Wow, big fucking deal. How often am i walking home alone in the dark? once every few years at most

[@lorezyra]

There's a reason the "grass is greener..." It's because of "the deep levels of bullshit" involved... but few consider that before trying to jump the fence.

[@Fedko3037]

It’s interesting that he has no relationship with his mother. Now he wants to be a traditional wife. It reminds me of Anthony Perkins in Psycho.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yeeh😅

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

Thank you for posting misandrist comments and convincing other men to do the same thing as he did in the process, while keeping their mouth shut about the true reasons 😊

[@Kitsune44X]

Psycho is by no means the first example of someone having a maladaptive reaction to a poor relationship with an abusive egligent parent. We need to stop comparing movie plots (see also "Silence of the Lambs") to actual people- movies RARELY get mental health disorders, much less mental health or medicine/psychology/science/a LOT- right. Because that's cinema: it's about the story.

[@martinpedersen2650]

The guy seems super meek and polite. You are probably a higher risk tbh.

[@greenaum]

@@martinpedersen2650 So was Norman Bates. His mother, though...

[@Fedko3037]

This is so sad. They just give up on being a man because they feel like a failure. It’s almost like a form of suicide without dying. Let’s pray that they return to sanity.

[@miriamlana833]

What makes men "a failure"? Great part is rejection by women. Many women-loving transmaxxers were not good enough for hetero cis women, and then suddenly have success with non-TERFish cis lesbians or other trans women.

[@DefenderOfTheEnd]

I dont think feeling like a failure was said within the video. Its like he said life is easier for women, so hes trying to replicate that. As men we have to deal with an insane amount of pressure daily, thats not self imposed like phemenist problems. He couldn’t deal with that especially not alone, which he couldnt get a partner packing a 2 inch. When society values the opposite of integrity characters like this are bound to manifest.

[@victorchen5663]

This is a brilliant way of putting it, I agree.

[@HouseOfSneed]

but are you willing to return to the kitchen ?

[@ree1120]

@@HouseOfSneedgood one scrote, real original

[@hobnob_]

I was worried that it peaked early with the picture of him failing to hold a fish, but it was beaten by the voice being the same.

[@trippymchippy8586]

Yes but once he put a frock on, _instant woman_ lol.

[@JackMaynardFTW]

@@trippymchippy8586 "I'm a lady!" "I do ladies things!" "...and shit." - Little Britain

[@blairtiddlebottom3804]

This is what you asked for. This is what you get.

[@trippymchippy8586]

@@JackMaynardFTW ikr!

[@SaminaHat]

@@trippymchippy8586 Who's idea do you think it was to go shopping

[@alunjones3860]

This proves autogynephilia is real, rather than something made up to discriminate against people.

[@mikicerise6250]

So are furries. Who. Cares?

[@alunjones3860]

@@mikicerise6250 It's no problem in private. The problem is when it takes place in public, especially in female toilets and changing rooms, where there are children around.

[@mikicerise6250]

@@alunjones3860 And what do you propose to do? Ban autogynephilia? Puff, gone! If somebody goes to a toilet or changing room to get off, does it make a damned difference if they're trans or not? Just call security and put them in jail.

[@nocturnal03]

@@mikicerise6250 both fetishes and should be treated as such then : not a "human rights issue" like it is masqueraded to be.

[@Hamaswife]

AGPTS vs HSTS. big thing.

[@CherryDreamer96]

"You get all the perks" This whole thing reminds me of those so called 'trans racial' people. You get the perks without the struggle.

[@Cyphlix]

thats the thing, there is no struggle.

[@HouseOfSneed]

struggle like taxpayer funded handouts for bottom feeding criminalistic leeches ?

[@Kualabear02]

“Misogyny is still rife”. Says the misogynist.

[@diddyKite2010]

That manifesto is mental. It seems like trolling, and there is an online culture of trying to push vulnerable men to transition "for the lolz". I hope Sammy is happy but this made me very uneasy.

[@FrankieWilde2021]

Name one manifesto that is sane...

[@diddyKite2010]

The Unabomber made some good points :)

[@SaminaHat]

Well you don't see the full story cause Ben is talking most the time

[@AnalExpedition]

Life is definitely easy if you’re a woman

[@lolbajset]

based ted enjoyer@@diddyKite2010

[@joannarichards6245]

This seems problematic because if you aren’t transitioning for one very clear honest reason but because you think it will somehow benefit you in different ways there’s no real way to be certain that those benefits will still seem so relevant when you are living with consequences like sterility, osteoporosis or massive surgery complications.

[@wausjackbauer128]

People transition out of a trauma response

[@oktnbok]

​@@wausjackbauer128source?

[@cement_eater]

@@wausjackbauer128 some do. that's how you get detransitioners. In most cases, it's just a brain chemistry problem

[@greenaum]

@@cement_eater Source?

[@cement_eater]

@@greenaum tried listing some articles but my replies keep getting yeeted. just check wikipedia

[@anajuliacarvalhosantos4171]

As usual, nobody here cares if guys like him are hurting real woman, people on the comments only say that he is harming the trans community. But nobody remembers of woman's rights.

[@stoned71]

nobody cares about women 😂

[@CantoniaCustoms]

Women were responsible for all the trans stuff imo.

[@ran2169]

@@CantoniaCustoms Not really, most trans people r MtF, and when women are trying to speak against redefining womanhood we’re labeled as « terfs » and treated like the most vile people to exist lol

[@suited_elijah]

nobody is saying that

[@pisstakecentral]

Always playing victim.. It's really boring.

[@Garbeaux.]

One of many reasons self ID is a joke and should immediately be banned

[@TonyLing]

I don't know about banning it, but it certainly should be openly ridiculed.

[@cement_eater]

"should immediately be banned" no. 1st Amendment rights; stupid speech is still free speech. Restrictions should be placed based on the discretion of private facilities

[@Garbeaux.]

@@cement_eater what I mean by banning self ID is making it illegal to change birth certificates, licenses, etc. Nothing to do with the 1st Amendment. Claim to be whatever you want all day everyday.

[@cement_eater]

@@Garbeaux. if a transgender person has got a clinical diagnosis of Gender dysphoria, and they do put in the effort with hormones, etc., I don't see a reason to stop them from changing their birth certificate

[@Garbeaux.]

@@cement_eater I used to feel the same way but no longer. Things such as birth certificates, Ids, and licenses describe physical characteristics, not what's going on in their heads.

[@FB-uu6sw]

As he has openly admitted his reasoning behind his change, I really hope the NHS (i.e taxpayers) isn't paying for his treatments.

[@miriamlana833]

Better been done by some quacks in Thailand, and the NHS has to do the afterwork?

[@ichigo_nyanko]

I doubt it, the only way they are is if he lied to them. To be given treatments you need to be diagnosed with gender disphoria, which this guy clearly doesn't have. If you've ever seen a real transgender person before their transition, you can see just by looking at them how depressing it is and how much it affects your life. Distress so chronic it is palpable and visible on your face, in your eyes, on your body. It's incredibly obvious. These are the people who would give everything to be the opposite sex, who would rather live as a malnourished female in a third world country with endometriosis than as the richest, most handsome, most powerful, and happiest male in the world (or vice versa). That is what a real transgender person would do; because for them, that would genuinely be the happier life. It's not for the benetifs. Unless he managed to sucessfully lie to the NHS for years on end, managed to sucessfully describe what dysphoria is like without help (though I suppose he could have looked it up, I don't think that's enough though, I'm intersex and that is the only reason I have any idea what it's like for a transgender person and I wouldn't wish it on anyone), and essentially con medical professionals trained to see through people lying to them about symptoms - I really think he is doing is on his own.

[@CantoniaCustoms]

"Free Healthcare until I personally don't agree with it" This is your mind on daily stabbings by Asian (Pakistani) grooming gangs then proceeding to get humiliated by other Asians (Chinese) in every aspect.

[@126theman]

Why? How is this less valid then transitioning?

[@FB-uu6sw]

@@126theman Did we watch the same video? Anyone can live as they choose but they should also finance their own lifestyles.

[@maz0320]

“like my missions complete” it’s all a game to them

[@BalboaBaggins]

A true woman then.

[@Piamplify]

@@BalboaBaggins not the casual misogyny..

[@benjaminlewis3903]

Ah yes, let's go on a date with this man off the telly

[@anthonyclarke4016]

lol

[@greenaum]

Yeah admittedly it was more an interview with food, but I think everyone understood that, including the audience.

[@FelinaFairyphonic]

No respect for real women whatsoever. It's disgusting

[@frakismaximus3052]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrickjoseph-q4k]

feminists adore them, they are fem's leaders of tomorrow - strong men...i mean women, role models

[@missxmarvel]

The whole rainbow mafia has no respect for women, Men never cease to make me hate them even more. This creature gets to invade our spaces and shower with us and we are transphobic for not wanting that.

[@muslimcel4581]

Based

[@dermonch7959]

Cope and seethe.

[@dukedepommefrite]

Having transitioned from female to male I can tell you I’ve had more perks as a man than I ever had as a woman

[@JohnnyNA-pe5tl]

could you elabotate please?

[@jamesl5203]

Because you're still a woman lol

[@danculbert6349]

@@JohnnyNA-pe5tlNot a woman but some may include: not being followed/harassed by creepy men (happens to every woman I know), being taken seriously in work-based group conversations, being less of a target for hoodlums who knick your phone on the train/street, more likely to win a fight etc, can go to a bar or nightclub to dance without being harassed etc

[@TwoLeftSh0es]

Like what?

[@danculbert6349]

@@TwoLeftSh0es mate, every woman ive ever dated has stories of being followed home by creepy men, wdym

[@RUFeelin]

Of all the parallel universes I had to end up in this one 🤣🤣🤣

[@akacollier]

I've watched a few of these, and I always come away feeling weird. The presenter is just open minded enough to seek out and dig into unusual people's lives but he's also a bit too handsome and presentable. I think part of why Louis Theroux works for this kind of doc is he comes across as a bit awkward and more of a naif so it feels more like an outsiders meeting as equals. With this presenter it feels like there's too much of a status imbalance. With that said I think he is excellent, just not a great fit for this type content. I fully expect to see him presenting a more mainstream show sometime in the near future.

[@catarinarosario9867]

wtf u on about bro

[@miktoyou]

Documentarian asked all the right questions and was engaging beyond belief, the subject felt comfortable expressing themselves and being open enough to discuss the topic, not sure how "status imbalance" fits here, sure Therouxs pace is a lot slower and disarming but why are we comparing Theroux as if it matters..

[@akacollier]

@@catarinarosario9867 What don't you understand?

[@akacollier]

@@miktoyou Hey Mike, Like I said I think he's a great presenter, so I agree with you there. But I don't think he asked all the right questions. I brought up Threoux as he's an example of a presenter who has made this kind of content, whose personality is a better fit. Hamilton Morris is another example of a documentation whose personal style is a better fit for the content. I disagree with you that he's a good documentarian, but we're in agreement that he's an incredibly engaging presenter.

[@Mkbshg8]

@@akacollier Do you identify as a bot?

[@ngrace294]

I'm disgusted by the end conversation and the response 'who are you hurting?'. It's simple. WOMEN.

[@DanaMoon-uo8uz]

How?

[@apebass2215]

​@@DanaMoon-uo8uz women aren't costumes that can be co-opted and worn by men. Women's spaces and sports are being invaded by men like this, female prisoners are even being raped in jail.

[@madmax5841]

@@DanaMoon-uo8uz Women hate it when men want to be treated equally. He is hurting women by demanding equal treatment while having inferior genitalia

[@meags-b1v]

@@DanaMoon-uo8uz invading our protected spaces and eroding women's rights. Use your brain. But I assume you are brainwashed. Touch grass.

[@emmaxdrawr5208]

@@DanaMoon-uo8uzwhat do you mean how? Men are trying to enter women’s spaces are are telling them that they don’t have any issues. It is misogynistic and disgusting.

[@barryslorridge]

That's Paul Foot, isn't it?

[@Smashingblouse]

😂😂

[@trianglemangler]

Paulette Foot

[@Smashingblouse]

@@trianglemangler 👏🏻😂

[@Smashingblouse]

Pauline

[@trianglemangler]

@@Smashingblouse bastard, missed a trick

[@serraangel7465]

I wonder how many women transition so they will not longer feel like a victim or weak.

[@CherryDreamer96]

I really thinks that's a big factor is so many young girls (under 21) feeling that they don't want to be girls

[@LorettaBangBang]

when you see a tomboy... that's what they're after

[@oktnbok]

​@@LorettaBangBangtomboys are women who identify as women but like presenting masculine. that's not transitioning

[@MistaMagic52]

@@oktnbok It's not even that, tomboys are just regular women with masculine interests.

[@geraldbrooks8507]

That’s the case for most FtM transsexuals. They don’t really want to be a man. They just want to escape the male gaze.

[@fionacarroll5562]

We don't get cheaper car insurance any more.

[@sbug2705]

Society is circling the drain!

[@firstlast8258]

Soyciety

[@BalboaBaggins]

Blame feminism and capitalism, oh and simps.

[@fburnsDubstepEnderFox]

As a woman, I don't have it easy and I don't have any perks. I only have a misguided will to survive. This guy really out here thinking everyone thinks he's a woman. Lord. 😅

[@shh_you_are_wrong]

You get cheaper car insurance? I never knew!

[@Kevin-mx4vm]

Stop the cap, women live life on easy mode 🤡

[@MLGDuckk]

@@Kevin-mx4vmOh boo hoo. Humans, regardless of gender, have a difficult life either way. End of.

[@apebass2215]

​@@Kevin-mx4vm life is hard for both sexes, in different ways. It isn't a competition, men and women need to work together.

[@Kevin-mx4vm]

@@apebass2215 🧢

[@offshoreaccount2293]

🙄🙄my favourite bit was when the three men were sat around the table discussing what bitches be like and the hard hitting journalists’ main attack line was ‘but is this fair on the other men’? 😢😢😢😢 Also amazing that he obviously tried to get that bloke in to represent the ‘real’ trans ppl bc he doesn’t want to make them ‘seem’ sexist… and… LOL. Nope that’s literally the whole thing. No distinction between them. God when will this bullshit be over???

[@kat8295]

Same 😐 I especially liked the bit where they were talking about what women like...clearly from a man's perspective.

[@offshoreaccount2293]

@@kat8295 it’s honestly shocking to me how much unchecked misogyny is mainstream now. It’s gotten so much worse the last few years with this gender ideology. It’s atrocious!

[@socaranectien1933]

Triggered? 😢

[@miriamlana833]

If you want to have TERFs' POVs, also about transmaxxing, there are enough other videos on YT. About "main attack line", why the hell should the journalist advocate for TERFs in that situation?

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

This will be over when misandry will be as condemned as misogyny which will mean less reason for men to transition. You're welcome

[@skycaves2943]

This whole video reeks of misogyny 🤢

[@masterkraft4746]

😂😂😂 cry me a river you voted for this

[@dianehall2248]

It really doesn't. It might reek of mental health issues and be quite sad, but it is not misogynistic. You do not look moral by pretending to be offended.

[@miriamlana833]

And? Most TERF videos reek of misandry and no one cares, they even get positive comments from men.

[@apebass2215]

​@@dianehall2248 so if he decided to waltz about in blackface it wouldn't be racist? He literally thinks women experience life in easy-mode and he can just wear womanhood like a costume. It's peak misogyny.

[@HouseOfSneed]

women overwhelmingly support this UNTIL it starts affecting them personally

[@anterosLondon]

I respect the honesty of this guy. Unlike many others he is open about trying to manipulate the system to his advantage.

[@apebass2215]

There's nothing honest about pretending to be something you're not.

[@jb9433]

You are part fo the problem. You respect manipulators and enable them.

[@jamesday1295]

Although this is a loony state of affairs, he seems way more genuine than most of these virtue signaling tik tokkers.

[@jamestaylor7593]

Like many people have said. It all books down to sex. It's a perverted aspect of this life

[@BalboaBaggins]

Money*

[@autisticautumn7379]

When you get over 50 these guys will want to change back as life is very tough and lonely for older women😢

[@biegebythesea6775]

sorry you're lonely. I'm a woman but I think it's probably also a lonely life for men. Double that if you're autistic and female or male.

[@TheImmyBird]

Im not sure this is true. A few studies have found that the happiest demographic is unmarried older women without children. Statistically they also live longer too. Unmarried older men are not only unhappiest, but they also have a shorter life expectancy.

[@jaijai5250]

It’s only tough if women adhere to the rules and norms set out for them. Single child free women have better outcomes, overall. The days of spinster shaming are over!

[@AnalExpedition]

Women can get laid till retirement age with good looking young men. There’s no age group when men have an advantage over women in the dating and sexual world

[@chadohunayo9721]

lol women aren’t lonely at any age. They bond with each other based on emotion and not self interest like men. Thats why they care about what their friends think so much. Women are never lonely. A woman who is alone wants to be alone

[@MarinaM-o6p]

This man is GAY but he does NOT WANT TO ADMIT IT ……SAD ….

[@nottodaysatan101]

Remember when we said this would happen?

[@audreymcknight]

horrible posture belies chronically online status

[@julianstone1192]

Probably how he somehow “lost” an inch of height lmao

[@momokoraphaelishida]

3:48 his shocked reaction someone paid for his drinks 😅😂

[@CherryDreamer96]

He didnt just do this because he wanted free drinks and cheaper car insurance, hes obviously very damaged and/or trolling (very well if its the latter)

[@greenaum]

I don't think he's trolling, but whoever wrote that manifesto was.

[@counselorguy5481]

He wants the privileges of womanhood, such as actually being loved and valued for simply existing instead of only being values for meeting the expectations of gender roles.

[@WannabeMarsanach]

The bit with Julie was framed a bit weird ngl, but frankly yeah. I don't think the Trans community would inherently have a problem with this. No one's gonna do this unless they already are predisposed to a non-conformist gender identify. Furthermore, you're also not gonna just get with men if you're not somewhat into men anyway. If this is their reasoning for transitioning then yeah, fair enough. Being Trans is in no way easier than being cis, you take on a lot of hardship and sacrifice when you make the decision to transition and be open about if. If they can get through all that, and still be comfortable in their skin, with their life, with their partners, and with how society treats them, then yeah, fair enough. Even with the EDI things, yeah you can definitely argue the ethics of that from a transmaxxing perspective, but it just goes to further highlight a lot of the issues with our society in terms of why the EDI targets are necessary in the first place. i.e. why are people still being treated so differently based on things like gender identity, race, etc. And why indeed are male public toilets just so fucking disgusting? Like bros, seriously. Keep it in the bowl, clean up any spillage, and wash your hands. It ain't hard. The only issue the Trans community will have however, is if these cases are used to justify further mistreatment and vilification of trans people, and to justify making our live harder. Which it undoubtable will.

[@SevenDeadlyChins7]

This is absolutely terrifying especially for our women

[@LiquidMarvel]

If you paid attention, Sammy isn't interested in women

[@queenvanagon]

He will still be invading female spaces so he can rot.@@LiquidMarvel

[@SevenDeadlyChins7]

@@LiquidMarvel I don't care...its fucking frightening its not right

[@apebass2215]

​@@LiquidMarvel I bet he's still interested in using female changing rooms and public toilets though.

[@madmax5841]

White knighting lncel detected

[@Scitch-et4vk]

All weird people

[@anthonyclarke4016]

what I want to know is what instrument he used to measure his mickey so accurately

[@SaminaHat]

@@anthonyclarke4016 That was a testimonial, I did not measure my penis. However, I can report I don't suffer from a 2.7" penis

[@josemengelez6947]

@@anthonyclarke4016 your mouth

[@anthonyclarke4016]

@@josemengelez6947 Just so you know I'm reporting you because you have hurt my feelings

[@BeaEss]

"Who are you hurting if you take a woman's job?" Hmm, let me think...

[@SaminaHat]

define a "Womans job"

[@BeaEss]

@@SaminaHat Why, can't you work it out for yourself?

[@SaminaHat]

@@BeaEss I think you missed my point. But I'm not gonna argue with someone who likes their own comments

[@BeaEss]

@@SaminaHat Nope, I neither missed your point nor 'liked' my own comments. I don't care how many likes I do or don't get. Leave women's jobs and opportunities for women, women's spaces and facilities and sports for women and women's language for women and we will get along just peachy.

[@SaminaHat]

@@BeaEss You're reading alot into my political and social beliefs with no real basis here.

[@Person_Lizard]

She's kinda cute. Hope she's well and finds ways to describe and express her desires that are less hurtful to others. I wish them nothing but the best!

[@bearc5737]

Iv not quite finished the episode but they have not asked about changing rooms. I wouldn't want a straight man who Is pretending to be a women in there with tbh

[@SaminaHat]

Don't worry. I use the disabled where I belong :)

[@apebass2215]

​@@SaminaHat you belong with the other men.

[@SaminaHat]

@@apebass2215 that's not what men think most of time

[@anonanonanna]

@bearc5737 Would you be okay with sharing a changing room with a trans woman who is an AGP (s*xually and/or romantically at*racted to the idea of themself as a woman)?

[@bearc5737]

@Australianon is that a thing? Being trans as well as AGP? AGP on its own wouldn't make them need to switch changing rooms, just being attracted to yourself as you was born. The issue in this video is he is not actually trans or gay. He is lonely and adapting in order to be with someone. So, therefore, we have a straight male in female changing rooms potentially.

[@killingtimewithsimone3243]

These people are crazy. Did they consider the fact that they aren't passing and may risk being subjected to a hate crime ? And this dream of meeting a man and living some homemaker's life is a bit outlandish. I don't think that they've thought this thing through.

[@nonenone5413]

they are dudes - they expect everything to work out for them. They normally don't face the consequences of their behavior the way women do, so 'thinking things through' carefully before acting is not something they ever learn.

[@Saint-hamudi]

he's not ugly as a trans woman, he won't be subjected to hate crimes. second point, there's a mountain of wealthy lonely men.

[@Saint-hamudi]

@@nonenone5413 except you're wrong, he's a dude, he was doomed by being short and micropeen, his life was reduced to something NON CHANGEABLE, and as soon as he became a woman he simply had to exist, men came with money to HIM. He did not need to get high grades to get money, he simply had to become a she, and exist.

[@Cyphlix]

women never face the consequences - remind me which gender gets half time for the same crime again - or what the prison gender ratios are? #pussyPrivilege

[@HouseOfSneed]

@@nonenone5413 ah yes , women facing accountability. good one lmao

[@Piamplify]

I think i’ve scrolled enough to come to my own conclusion.. which is i feel sad for these people, because they didn’t enjoy their lives previously, and i accept their decisions because they feel that this is their only choice left and if they can’t they’ll die. I value their lives, But i would NOT recommend or promote this life style to anyone as a solution because of the guaranteed pain of worrying if you pass or not, the financial loss that comes with hrt, sex change surgery, etc, And non guaranteed happiness in the end. Like there are already women born women who are unhappy with their bodies, who spend money on expensive surgeries just to feel pretty, only to die unhappy and never satisfied, I don’t wish that on anyone! I hope therapists will find a solution for these people soon 💔

[@reciproheat]

"Change your sex for cheaper car insurance." Why do I hear clown music?

[@JimiVexTV]

On transitioning for the sake of snagging DEI jobs: "Who is it hurting?" - literally everyone involved. It hurts more deserving candidates. It hurts the employer and wider industry, having sub-optimal people filling roles. It hurts trans and minority individuals, who will be lumped alongside DEI hires, regardless of whether they are legitimately competent enough for the role. These policies are cancerous and bigoted beyond belief, and folks gaming and perpetuating this system are disgraceful and weak of character.

[@mycraplife]

Always check the "gay" box if you can. If they are going to discriminate against straight white men then at least play the game.

[@phillip4307]

Well that's not the fault of the person playing the game, don't hate the player, hate the rigged game and those who rigged it

[@JimiVexTV]

@@phillip4307 I'd broadly agree that folks setting it up deserve more ire, but dude - you're saying that as if these people don't have agency. As if they aren't consciously choosing to exploit that system and negatively impact all those mentioned above. Let's say, if a higher authority gives you permission to steal from someone - your choice to steal then isn't suddenly undeserving of scrutiny, is it? Folks should aim to live without actively making the world around them worse.

[@gammypage]

"having suboptimal people filling roles" that's what DEI does because it gives jobs based on physical characteristics not competency.

[@umamicashflow1809]

@@mycraplife Unfortunately gay doesn't get you anything in these spheres unless you're also female. Gay white men are the straight white men of the diversity pool. Actually quite hated.

[@tenorchazz4274]

Ross isn’t excited about the dress because it’s not excitable!! It’s reminiscent of Little House on the Prairie!! I am part of the LGBT+ community and am not hating on her transmaxxing, it’s just the dress is not giving! Come on girl…..if you’re going to do it then DO IT and be fabulous! This frock won’t cut it.

[@not_ever]

This person's doctor should not be prescribing them with HRT drugs. They are saying a lot of things that detransitioners say they believed before transition and were ultimately wrong about. I think they need therapy to deal with their issues. By their own admission they are not trans

[@LiquidMarvel]

Pretty sure she isn't under the care of a physician if buying bootleg HRT

[@not_ever]

@@LiquidMarvel It didn't seem clear whether they were doing that or just showing it was possible to do that.

[@TERRORSQUlD]

No matter how much copium these fail males huff, biological sex cannot be changed. Gender roles, however, can be. Western society was collectively getting to a point where we were starting to abolish traditional gender stereotypes, which is a good thing; but now we have gone backwards. In the beginning, Sammy described himself as failing to be masculine, but his reasoning was solely based on stereotypes of men. You can be a man and still be soft in demeanor and personality, strive to be a homemaker, be emotional, and have typically female interests, etc. Sammy can be an effeminate, male-attracted person, and that does not make him a "woman."

[@mikicerise6250]

No you were absolutely not getting to that point. If you had, you would not have gotten to this point. 😂😂

[@gencreeper6476]

"Western society was collectively getting to a point where we were starting to abolish traditional gender stereotypes" Only if you're female. Females as a side effect of feminism got together after beginning to win legal equality and mostly did away with their traditional gender stereotypes. Nothing similar happened for males. Its not so much "we have gone backwards" it's more like females got to go 400 steps forward while for males it's just remained stuck mostly in the past.

[@tommygertcher2747]

Women want to sleep with a certain type of man. Gender roles are not going away, if they were women wouldn't want tall guys.

[@KateFenty]

Cry harder

[@joeshmoe0136]

As a menopausal woman I'd like to know the hack for getting HRT because my GP refuses to prescribe for me. Women's lives are so much easier

[@liscatcat8756]

I want them to go through extremely heavy periods that last up to 3 weeks at a time and have been hospitalized cos of this . Makes me sick

[@joeshmoe0136]

@liscatcat8756 While holding down a full-time job and running a house without letting it slow them down.

[@liscatcat8756]

@@joeshmoe0136 exactly,

[@regplasma7906]

That 1970s Brian Eno look is coming back in fashion.Next winter to save energy bills and xmas spend outs ,I am turning into an amphibian and going into hibernation from November to March.I hope the ships will be safe next winter whilst I am asleep , as I live and work in a lighthouse as a keeper.

[@LightHouse_222]

I envy your job.

[@biegebythesea6775]

Brian Eno is hotter now. Lighthouse keeper? oh what an enviable life.

[@lynb1022]

Very likely that Sammy in the 1970s would've felt and been perceived as the perfectly acceptable 'non-masculine male' that he is. One word: Bowie. This regressive nonsense has existed for at least as long as sexism has, but ramped-up in the 70s and 80s by sociopathic child abusers like John Money, and really only gained traction in the 90s when incoherent word-salad gender-theorists like Judith Butler and her ilk started pushing the lie that performativity of stereotypical sex roles is what defines a man or a woman. They have done unconscionable damage.

[@cybertronian2005]

glad I'm not the only one to think of Eno lol

[@greenaum]

@@lynb1022 Yeah, and it kinda backfired on women's rights, old Judith's nonsense. And John Money, for all his noncing, horrendous gaslighting, and abuse, failed. The "female" boy he brought up still grew into a man. Just a mentally fucked-up one.

[@mitchellcrane9809]

F***ing hell what has happened to this world in the past 10 yrs

[@liscatcat8756]

@@mitchellcrane9809 I want the 90s back 😥

[@mitchellcrane9809]

@@liscatcat8756 I am feeling that

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

This is my favourite 'Mitchell & Webb' sketch yet...

[@SiL-uj2zl]

I thought 'transmaxxing' was initially a term for incels who are straight and not interested in sex with men?! This article debunks that theory, so now very confused!

[@SaminaHat]

​@@amy-fy4yiSammy is non-binary, that's why they don't identify as a woman

[@NitroSperg]

This guy is just an incel

[@firstlast8258]

Takes one to know one

[@sarahharris2729]

yes

[@LiquidMarvel]

Not anymore...

[@NitroSperg]

@@firstlast8258 Did my comment make you feel personally attacked?

[@mickeyg6994]

2.7 inch erect p size is BRUTAL

[@carolinelfmalloy]

Excellent. Operation Let Them Speak is in full display.

[@derianimp]

Who is them?

[@AdamOBrien29]

First time encountering journalism?

[@Rorujin]

Funny, I thought this would never happen and JK Rowling was literally Hitler for suggesting it did...

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

A guy trying to look girly to be treated better by society? Is this the horrendeous crime JK warned ous about?

[@greenaum]

Almost nobody who complains about what a Hitler JK is seems to have actually *read* the offending essay.

[@malakaragua702]

Jk Rolling is transphob

[@burgerbait]

I get the feeling this isn't a transmaxxer. Feels more like this is just a trans woman that still isn't being 100% honest with herself.

[@greenaum]

Yeah you'd like to think that, cos it fits a narrative. Don't listen to, you know, the actual words out of his mouth, or telling you where he got them from. This is just the tip of the iceberg, dude. The trancel pipeline has been going for a few years now. At least this one, hopefully, isn't another autogynephile, cos they're much worse.

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

I read about this online at least a decade ago but I thought they were joking. This is the most bizarre cope I've ever seen in my life. "No man I'm not transgender I just transitioned for the car insurance"

[@abbeauL]

there's a reason why car insurance is cheaper for women ... because statistically they're less likely to be in an accident

[@LullabiesandLies]

And that statistics will be impacted when male driving statistics start being recorded as female

[@vela-6]

Women cause more fender benders, but men cause more fatal accidents.

[@abbeauL]

@@vela-6 still more accidents overall are caused by men irrespective of how dangerous. Men cause both more accidents overall AND more accidents of a dangerous nature.

[@vela-6]

@@abbeauL Wrong: "The University of Michigan, who analyzed 6.5 million car crashes in the United States between 1998 and 2007, women drivers were found to be involved in 68.1% of all crashes. Interestingly, the researchers also found that men were driving 60% of the time overall, while women were only driving 40% of the time. In other words, despite women driving less often, they were more frequently the ones causing accidents. However, this isn’t necessarily saying that women are poorer drivers than men, just that they more commonly get into accidents."

[@madmax5841]

There's a reason why homes, cars and almost everything else is cheaper for men ... because statistically we build eveything. Oh wait

[@monecrone]

I really struggle to believe that anyone who isn't trans would medically and socially transition to this extent. I think that Sammy genuinely is trans, but their understanding of womanhood is deeply tainted by misogyny and alt-right discourse.

[@ynysmones3816]

This is basically 90% of "trans women", I say this as somebody who dabbled and then wised up.

[@sarahharris2729]

It's why there's such an uptick in people identifying.

[@pseudonamed]

Majority of MTF now are people with AGP. Majority of FTM now are ROGD.

[@zzmoonz]

this is what passes for journalism on this piss stained island

[@user-gx1jp2nb9q]

Piss stained island 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@barrysteven5964]

I found it informative. I knew nothing about this at all.

[@susandixon7963]

“I can just take the benefits of *being* a woman” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 what benefits would they be ?!

[@cheekypop]

quite a lot but they won't see any of them when everyone can tell it's a bloke

[@kezzokav5905]

​@@cheekypopQuite a lot? Like what? Childbirth, endometriosis, being the weaker of the s€xes meaning we're much more vulnerable to attack, etc etc.

[@cheekypop]

@@kezzokav5905 preferential treatment by both men and other women

[@domtekos7761]

​@@cheekypopLOL. In your fantasy version of the world, yeah.

[@billyboy5334]

​@@kezzokav5905hes probably talking about relationships and dating

[@nephicus339]

I'm with Ben; I'm way more confused now than I was before.

[@MarkWhiley]

I'm going to make a wild assumption here that Julie's views probably don't represent those of other trans people. Please correct me if I'm wrong. What I take from this documentary on what I think is a very niche concept, I hope so, is that we need to amplify more diverse representations of masculinity, for men to support other men and to make compliment giving between men normalised, to find more ways to include and not exclude men that they go down this path towards incel groups or Transmaxx ideology. As a cis gay man, I know the pressures that we can find ourselves under to be attractive to other guys, and I know from talking to some really lovely straight male friends how reluctant some of them are in talking to women and so they just don't - and instead they retreat to isolationism, solo hobbies and interests and drinking.

[@Leoh_dear]

They looked happy when they put the dress and makeup on. They aren't hurting anyone. Can't see a problem tbh

[@MrOllitheOne]

I think this whole topic is surprisingly complex. The "manifesto" has some points that relate to valid sourced of gender euphoria/dysphoria for trans women. Having E affect your emotions does cause gender euphoria for some. A lot of other points are very concerning and remind me of typical red pill incel/femcel rethoric (ie. "high-quality males.." "extract money from males") A lot of trans people will tell you that one of the hardest parts about their early journey was accepting that they are trans. (not realizing it, but accepting that) I can see how an egg who is in the incel sphere might stumble across this and use this as a excuse to "transition without dealing with the mental stress of accepting that they are trans" (or rather postponing that) A lot of people point out that Sammy's logic is inconsistent and its for that very reason. I think Sammy justifies decisions with calculated logic and min-maxing for quality of life, when a lot of the decisions are very subjective. Transitioning is not any easier than getting ripped in the gym. Being trans (or being perceived as trans) usually comes with a lot of disadvantages combine this with the disadvantages from whatever gender you're transitioning too and its unlikely that this wouldn't outweigh any potential benefits that gender might have. Also: Assuming you are cis and transition, it is very likely that you would develop a lot of dysphoria towards your new body. (Assume you'd wake up as a women tomorrow, how would you feel?) I for a "fully cis" person dealing with that dysphoria, would massively lower your quality of life (That's why people transition after all) I think this "transmaxxing" scene and its root in incel culture is very concerning, but I don't think all of the people within it are necessarily bad people and I think a lot of them that go "all the way" with it actually are trans, nb, genderfluid or similar. I agree with you on the necessity of a more diverse portrayal of masculinity, but it'll be a generational effort. For current generations the damage that is done is done, having men be "vulnerable" in public will only do so much. Its time for active unlearning, which sadly is very hard and emotionally stressing, but its possible.

[@ichigo_nyanko]

this is true, transgender people tend not to have these opinions. It's like finding radical feminists who want all men in prison on the internet and saying all feminists, or even all women, think like that.

[@greenaum]

I'm correcting, you, you're wrong. Other trans people might not be as honest as Julie, but they post their thoughts in forums openly. Go have a look and see what opinion you form.

[@arielwollinger]

that is peak feminism. congratulations to all those involved

[@AmyWalters-ll4xj]

Karine knows what she is talking about!! Totally agree with her ❤

[@bc8463]

ffs sort it out