Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Darenimo Ienai - Vol. 2 Ch. 11

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Sorry if my tangent last chapter came off as ungrateful! Thank you for the translation!

... but man, these characters are so mean to Chiaki. Why are they assuming she's a "pervert" just because she likes her new form? If her being a girl is a problem in the first place isn't Yuuki the one to be mean to? (and rightly so, consent isn't just a seven letter word for use in scrabble)
 
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TERFs have attacked cis women who don’t look feminine enough. I honestly think that even if we had perfect transitions here, someone would still get angry.
Someone is "some", I meant in general, but fair point otherwise
 
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will be fun when she learns how to tame the "beast" the other way

with that said im loving this series and am looking forward to more
 
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Someone is "some", I meant in general, but fair point otherwise
In general? In my experience they're in general either privileged and naive or they're in the middle of being radicalized into a hateful political ideology. TBH for years I was always skeptical of the "TERF to nazi" pipeline because it seemed too convenient to assume everyone opposed to trans people existing were on the same side, but I'd personally seen that conversion happen too many times to doubt it. These radfems wind up interacting with hate groups who want to be allied to them and swapping notes.

As to the former group, they're usually sheltered or hadn't even met anyone with a gender that colors outside the lines before. They believed hook, line and sinker that women are precious and fragile and need to be protected from the scary men who'll damage their pure purity. When in truth it's more like society is built around bad men having opportunities to harm or exploit women, as opposed to it being a property inherent to being a woman. (Trans women, ironically, being just as frequently a target of this infrastructure because it's about power at the end of the day)

To bring this back around -- Mei is definitely acting like the pre-radicalized version and is a good representation for what young TERFs would generally think. She's assuming that Chiaki's existence in a female form is inherently a threat to the women around them. But... how, though? I've seen nothing to suggest so far that Chiaki is the kind of person to assault or even pressure women. And even if her wandering eyes were to be treated as a problem, does she seem the type to disregard being asked not to gawk? So far all evidence is to the contrary -- Chiaki not only has been almost excessively cooperative and doing everything asked of her, she's been physically assaulted already. By Mei no less.
 
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If anything Chiaki has probably convinced the majority of girls in her school that she is exactly as much of a ditz as she seems. So pretty much any of the initial confusion or taboos she would screw up from being a trans lesbian would probably be glossed over by everyone with a simple explanation.

Cause yeah, the entire school knows her as the class president who didn't even notice the wardrobe malfunction on stage. If she's doing something wrong, she almost certainly doesn't know better.
 

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