Throughout most of human history people assigned female at birth have been treated as chattel, property used to further dynasties, brood mares, and disposable in times of struggle. Even into the 21st century globally women are lesser citizens of most countries, their rights curtailed to conform to various ideologies. Yet, even within societies that valorise and equalise women’s rights, to be a woman, to be assigned female at birth, is still seen as an inherently lesser thing. Feminism has long struggled for parity of citizenship, for the ability to vote, to get credit in her own name, even to get martial rape classified as a legal concept. Womanhood, being female, is a battle against historic forces. In short, why would anyone ever want to become a woman?

Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, February 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)