#you either support gender liberation and autonomy or you don't. it is honest to god that simple hahaha | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

namisweatheria · 4 months

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I understand most people aren't very conscious of these things but gender is a huge, huge mode through which people connect to each other, especially in youth. (Think wanting to imitate gendered features, or participate in gendered activities together.) Yamato didn't have peers or a real parent to connect with, so it makes perfect sense he would connect with his hero through gender instead. To invalidate that is just insane to me.

What do people who do that think gender is.... no don't tell me, because if someone doesn't respect the language people choose for themselves, (and trust me, there have been and continue to be plenty of real people who describe their own trans experiences as "choosing to be x" whether you like it or not), I am not interested in anything they have to say on the subject. Yamato is a man!

#yamato #one piece #my posts #you either support gender liberation and autonomy or you don't. it is honest to god that simple hahaha #regardless of one's personal discomfort with people's “unclear” or “problematic” language! it's not anyone else's business!#and how a person reacts to yamato's clearly stated and untroubled gender identity says a lot about their ideas of gender.#whether they realize it or not.#I've seen a couple assholes but we're mostly past this discourse right. I'm not.. gonna get death threats or something..#i was just thinking of how gender is a social activity and how yamato substitutes his hero for what he should have had. it's sad :') but #also metal as hell. ok just decide that then. I love you.

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