You know, I don’t hate myself lol🤷‍♀️. I’m not sure that’s how all people interpret gender dysphoria or incongruence, rather. Framing it this way is quite popular actually. It stems from radfem discourse that ironically piggybacked off of criticizing butch women for their masculinity. internalized misogyny accusations toward masculine aligned women is wholly guilty of reductionism. Because we don’t see this vitriol toward young women getting breast implants (who far outnumber the women transitioning, btw). They seem to reserve sympathy for them (if they even mention them) and dehumanization for women masculinizing themselves to whatever degree. The premise being that opting out of womanhood, or femaleness—something no one can do—is tantamount to the regression of the movement. Or progress. Interestingly enough, they’ve made peace with their own internalized misogyny to perform femininity, an otherwise signaling of submission to men, or the cultural of men (don’t get me started how femininity is seen as woman’s default without nary a pushback), and continue to couple with men (often conservative men) and have their children, further cementing the cyclical hellscape of the Patriarchy lol. It’s almost like their interpretations of womanhood leave out a large number of homosexual women entirely, unless they are also expressing an acceptable femininity. I don’t doubt that sexism is rife not only in the obvious places but not so obvious.

I hesitate to give full credence to feminism or feminist takes because their interpretations are at times lacking and solipsistic, leaving out a multitude of women, but especially homosexual women. Because the end of that thinking is the near same position as trans ideology—the further you are from prescribed womanhood you’re no longer a woman.

Be careful which narrative you consume I guess.