Trans Men: Victimization Of Trans Women

The construction of the pipeline faces various ethical concerns. First and foremost, the pipeline will cross lands owned by the native Sioux Tribe which is complete violation of property rights. If a party is not willing to let someone use their land, they should not be forced to do it. This native tribe has had a rough past as they were deprived off their lands and taking over their leftover property would cause further resentment. These lands consists of burial grounds and cultural heritage, which is sacred to a lot of native tribes.

Transgendered individuals are 25 times more likely to attempt suicide than the general population. They tend to be live in abject poverty often surviving n less than $10,00 per year household income compared to the rest of the population. They are more likely to face harassment and physical assault, with transgenders that are people of colour faring worse than all other races across the board. Many

Just Add Hormones, by Matt Kailey (2005), shows how transpeople are perceived as ‘others’, but are really just people who just want to be accepted. All throughout the book, Kailey (2005) expresses that he tries to act like and be what men act like in order to gain the acceptance that every human being desires. Even in the push for rights of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, transpeople are rejected and looked down on, even though, as Kailey (2005) puts it, “we share a common problem—we are all discriminated against because of our gender” (Kailey, 2005, p. 93). Furthermore, in general society, transpeople are perceived as sex offenders for going into a restroom, when in reality “we are in there for one purpose only, just like everyone else is,

“Passing - Profiling the Lives of Young Transmen of Color” is a documentary that reveals the negativity that three transgender men of color encounter with the cisnormative society as they were transitioning. These men unfortunately experienced both the mistreatment when they were women as well as the social expectations they feel the need to fulfill as men. Although they were able to recognize the toxic masculinity and misogyny that they experienced as women, they also faced an entirely different and new reality when they transitioned. After transitioning, one individual mentioned that as a man, he felt that he was unable to voice his opinion when he disagrees about something, because unlike women, it was not socially acceptable for a man to

The misconception of trans women is the accusation of not being a “real” women that can increase violence as a way of rejection. The behavior would consist of rejection, verbal abuse, or severe violence. The worse part of all is this act of crime is not reported because trans women are blamed for this brutality. “She brought it upon herself”, is the common response society has towards this criminal act. Victim blaming is present when a victim of a crime is held responsible or

Violence in masculinity is a way of life for men. It’s a way to show their manhood, how strong they are, how smart they could defend themselves, and how to protect their woman. It’s the social norm, where you see action movie glorified violence. As the article, "Dangerous Privilege: Trans Men, Masculinities, and Changing Perceptions of Safety”, said men determine their sense of safety as their social interaction with men. They author called it defensive masculinities. Men are accountable for their gender expectations by challenging the hierarchy of masculinities. This notion and practice affects men actions towards women and transgender. The articles looked at important social problems that are result in this violence masculinity. Rape culture in college campus and violence in the transgender community, are the two topic that is affected greatly by the violence of masculinity.

During the holocaust, a large faction of people were subjected to horrible hardships that killed many, and scarred those that weren’t given the luxury of death. The Jewish were this faction; they were sent to ghettos and concentration camps, treated like animals, starved, and even burned alive. Similar events are going on today, though not quite to this extent. People are discriminated against for their skin color, sexuality, or gender by legislature, in the workplace, and in daily life. In “Experience of Career-Related Discrimination for Female-to-Male Transgender Persons: A Qualitative Study,” Franco Dispenza and his colleagues did a study on the different types of discrimination and their impact on female to male transgender men. The holocaust

Idealism describes the belief or pursuit of a perfect vision often based upon unrealistic principles. This pursuit is often contrasted and opposed by truth. The truth and reality in an individual’s life is what enables this person to remain grounded and down to earth. An individual must set themselves high expectations in order to be their best, but they must also acknowledge the fact that everything they desire is not achievable. The imbalance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life can have calamitous effects. It is significant in an individual’s life because it can lead to the deterioration of an individual’s sanity, destruction of family relationships and ultimately death. This is exemplified in Death of a Salesman by Arthur

In the late 1950’s to mid-1960’s, the transgender community faced discrimination such as physical and verbal harassment, denial of social spaces, and alienation in the media. This matters to us today because transgender individuals are still existing and are a part of our human population today. The community is also still struggling to find their representation in the media and in society. The transgender community is still facing a wide array of types of discrimination, from nasty looks to denied access of education. Gender identity should not be taken into consideration when determining another person’s worthiness of respect.

While these flawed views have diminished in recent years for lesbians and gay men, transgender people are still often met with ridicule from society. This stigma plays out in a variety of contexts; leaving them vulnerable to lawmakers who attempt to leverage anti-transgender stigma to score cheap political points; to family, friends or coworkers who reject transgender people upon learning about their transgender identities; to people who harass, bully and commit serious violence against transgender people. These transgender people face extraordinary levels of physical and sexual violence, whether on the streets, at school or work, at home, or at the hands of government officials. More than one in four trans people has experienced a bias-driven assault, and rates are higher for trans women and trans people of color. According to the 2013 National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reports on hate violence against lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities, 72 percent of the victims of LGBTQ hate violence homicides in 2013 were transgender women, and 67 percent were transgender women of color.

Have you or anyone close to you ever been discriminated before? Multiple types of gender discrimination has always been an issue and it’s time for it all to come to an end. Gender discrimination is discrimination that is based on someone’s gender or sex. Many people have faced it in different ways. I am researching the harm that is caused to different genders, the way women don’t get paid the same as men, and how LGBT people are discriminated in the workplace.

“Many of the prospectors headed to the Klondike were ill prepared for the wilderness where they found themselves, and two-thirds of those who set out never made it to their goal.” This is how the stampeaders of the Klondike gold rush lived their lives in order to strike it rich including Jack London who wrote Call of the Wild. This novel, written in the time of the Klondike gold rush displays the experiences of prospectors outdoors in the new frontier and the hardships they face throughout the Klondike gold rush.

Not only did the authors believe that opponents are using these claims to support their arguments, they also believed that it placed stereotypes on men or an imagined male, to be threats and women to be weak and in need of protection. Schilt and Westbrook argued that opponents did not take into account that transgender individuals report facing an immense amount of discrimination and are in need of protection as well. They also argued that their opponent’s claims “generate fear and misunderstanding around transgender people along with the suggestion that transgender people are less deserving of protection than cisgender women and children (Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics, para. 6).” Although they mentioned that they were not suggesting that sexual assault is not a serious issue, they argued that public restrooms rarely have such assaults. In addition, they argued that based on empirical data, transgender people in the Unites States are much more likely to face violence rather than creating it. They also emphasized that their opponents were not able to site these claims of an actual case of bathroom sexual assault, rather that it was just from their deep-rooted cultural fears.

The oppression of LGBT men was and is a serious problem, especially during the AIDS crisis, but the efforts to eliminate this oppression has been mostly successful. Oppression has always been prominent throughout human history. The Ancient Jews were persecuted by the Egyptians and African Americans were slaves to plantation owners. Those are just two examples of oppression throughout history, though there have been thousands. One form of oppression was the oppression of LGBT men during the 1980’s as a result of the AIDS crisis.

Transgender people are discriminated on an almost daily basis. They are discriminated in the workplace, as shown in a study commisioned by the Equalities Review. In a group of transgender people who have jobs and are prone to workplace-enviroment effects and opinions, “many respondents experienced harassment from co-workers and employers.” Nearly 29% of the group experience verbal abuse and harassment in the workplace enviroment, and about 4% received physical abuse. About 7% experienced threats, and about 27% experienced some sort of different treatment due to their gender non-conforming ways.(Whittle 38-39). In another study, it was found that being mistreated in the school years would have a negative effect on future outcomes relating to employment. “Those who were physically attacked in school were considerably more likely to stay in a job (64%) compared to those who were not (42%) (Grant 50).” They are also discriminated in public as well, adding on to the distress that many transgender people suffer from regularly, making it seem as if all transgender people are crazy. Transgender people are just more likely to be diagnosed as someone with a mental disorder because its helpful to see that those who have been diagnosed are “hurting and something needs to be done to help (Kreitler 1).” In