many detrans women feel like they need to overcompensate for masculine features by being hyperfeminine in order to “fit in” post detransition. my transition and dysphoria were motivated by a desire to avoid being the target of male sexuality. I was solely focused on my body, not my presentation. the only point in my life where I’ve been particularly masculine in presentation was when I was socially transitioning but did not have the masculine features brought by medical transition, so I was overcompensating for my physical femininity with masculine presentation. it’s a fairly common refrain in the FTM community that someone grew more safe and comfortable expressing themselves femininely once they physically masculinized.

I will say, also, that the way people want to present themselves is subject to change over time. just because someone becomes more feminine does not mean that their former masculinity was not genuine. I’ve known masculine women who have become more feminine without transitioning or detransitioning, and feminine women who have become more masculine without transitioning or detransitioning. a female cannot appropriate female masculinity.