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I'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men are
(newsweek.com)
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I try to do that, but somehow it's magnitudes harder to talk to men and I can't figure out why. I'm probably already more open about how I feel than most men (at least in part because of the communities I chose to be part of, therapies, age, ...), but opening up to women (or non-binary persons) feels way more natural and easy for me and I don't even know if that's because other men's reaction to these topics are somehow subtly different (even with men who are also rather open) or because of some inhibitions on my behalf (e.g. not feeling safe around them because of bad experiences or because of an absent father figure or...).