In the first case, I fundamentally disagree. What I feel when I contemplate a woman giving birth in an alley and stuffing the baby in a trash can is deep sorrow for a woman who had come to such a pass and heartwrenching sorrow for the baby. I would not characterize either of these as revulsion, but I feel safe in saying that I morally object to putting babies in trash cans.
In the second case, you are equating being trans with deception and prosthetics. Are you sure you want to do that? A trans woman is not deceiving anybody; she is a woman. She is not required to reveal her history and she is not deceiving anybody unless she lies when directly asked (and given the risks to a trans woman to being out, I am not going to be the one to condemn a woman who lies). The situations are not analogous.
If you wish to proceed with this insulting make-believe, however--again, a situation that never, ever happens and isn't even happening in fiction--he gets what he deserves for marrying someone without even seeing her without her make-up, let alone noticing that she was wearing a girdle (it's not hard to see the difference). She doesn't need forgiveness, but he is terminally stupid.
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Date: 2015-08-16 01:50 am (UTC)In the second case, you are equating being trans with deception and prosthetics. Are you sure you want to do that? A trans woman is not deceiving anybody; she is a woman. She is not required to reveal her history and she is not deceiving anybody unless she lies when directly asked (and given the risks to a trans woman to being out, I am not going to be the one to condemn a woman who lies). The situations are not analogous.
If you wish to proceed with this insulting make-believe, however--again, a situation that never, ever happens and isn't even happening in fiction--he gets what he deserves for marrying someone without even seeing her without her make-up, let alone noticing that she was wearing a girdle (it's not hard to see the difference). She doesn't need forgiveness, but he is terminally stupid.