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you seem to get it. I have a paradoxical observance too : how come transmen are "less fought over"/"accepted as men" more than transwomen for the opposite while this "splashback effect" exists?
Like if a transman has no facial hair, is short, etc they are more readily accepted as "yeah sure it's a guy" than a transwoman that doesn't pass as well, with all the current rage that seems to be happening politically?
again, badly worded, might edit etc.
am a cis bloke, so take my uninformed opinion with a grain of salt, (giving uninformed opinions is part of white cis man culture). but aesthetic standards are much higher for women than men.
to be a woman is a fulltime performance with constant judgements. while a man can be a slob and is still a man.
to pass as a woman, the standards are much higher than passing as a man.
the "Splashback effect" is a term I made up,. wouldn't be surprised if there's an actual term for that for which I'm unaware.