reppers
trigger warning: dissection of a repper’s self-hatred. what does it mean to be a repper ? in this article, kat the vat explores a 4chan comment of a likely repper.
tandem youtube video
What does it mean to be a repper?
A repper, also known as a represser, is someone who “represses” their desires to be feminine, in an effort to “win at life by being a man” or something.
trigger warning, it might be kinda rough if you suffer from brainworms.
however, i think posts like this give us a valuable opportunity to explore why people are saying some of the things they are
as i do, i’m going to be tackling this post out of order.
» every guy wants to be female dumbass it’s natural femininity that makes them trans
this is not a true statement. not all men want to be women. One way of exploring this is to look at Tailcalled’s recent study ( https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4NPfBfdBmYZDEBgWb/towards-a-comprehensive-study-of-potential-psychological ) regarding the condition known as “AGP”, which for the sake of this article we will simplify to mean “a desire to be a woman” (i talk more about it in this video
her study shows that roughly 3-15% of the male-presenting “men” population (irl, more online) desire to be a woman to some degree. Not all men at ALL, not even 1/5.
»it’s natural femininity that makes them trans
again, not true.
Trans refers to one of two things:
-Socially different than your assigned birth gender
-Medically different than your assigned birth gender
Fortunately, who we are changes very frequently. it’s a benefit of being human, really, that we’re able to adapt to our environment and change to ensure success.
At any point someone can “become” trans, as (in my personal view) “becoming trans” is a choice that you undertake when you decide to stop repressing and coping as if you should just “be a man”
»if a guy isn’t naturally feminine and transitions he will die, society will shame and humiliate him to the point he dies
not quite, hold your horses there buccaroo .
The process of transitioning is a relearning experience. You are relearning who you are, how to act, and how to be. You are deciding how you want to be to the world, rather than letting the world tell you how to be.
Here is a great video about denial, and how to come to terms w it :
This is a video about death anxiety:
from the looks of it, the repper from the screenshot is feeling some sense of denial about desiring life as a woman and is justifying it by saying “everyone feels that way, but I’M not that way”. Then, some anxiety comes in and makes them freak out, “no i’ll die if i do that!”. As someone who deals with lots of anxiety, i know these thoughts too well.
I repressed for many years and had these same thought patterns
and this is even further cemented by the next sentence,
»every guy wants to this and in this day and age where people think they can have what they want guys will try out of delusion
(again, not every “guy” wants to be a girl 🫣)
why can people not have what they want?
This sounds like a brainworm regarding “serving society” and “being useful and productive for society”, which is a brainworm that’s SUPER common w masculinity. Men are devalued as people and seen as utility in many contexts, and it leads to them struggling to be able to come to terms with many aspects of their identity.
Over time, you can work to stop repressing and allow yourself to really be authentic!
ps:
i skipped many parts of this 4chan post because they are just direct attacks, as often a scared animal that feels defensive lashes out at those that cause it to feel defensive.
Being told that you are allowed to transition and live your life of femininity, while still having the brainworms and self hatred within, means that there will be a large dissonance created and from that, comes much anger and rage.