I've met some lovely trans-women and I've met some absolute twats. I don't think it's necessarily a problem with the grouping per se. That said, in some demographics is very difficult to hold individual people accountable for being twats, because they cannot separate themselves personally from the collective label. Therefore simply telling these individuals, 'hey, guess what? You're a twat' is seen by them as being transphobic towards the collective and this can be leveraged by the group collectively.

'You hate Trans people!'

'No, I just think you're an idiot who doesn't think very well'

'You transphobic monster'

I'm an equal opportunity bird, I'll call an asshat an asshat regardless of genitalia, melanin or any other inherited characteristic - I apply that standard universally, but I appreciate that's not an easy thing for everyone in society to do.

What I can state as my firm opinion based on writing stories over the last five years - is that taken as a whole trans-women are far more vociferous, confrontational and prima facie angry than trans-men. I find that quite interesting. I'd go as far to say that trans-men fly almost entirely under the radar unlike trans-women (and you have upset a few with this article). I think this speaks to some of the inherited male privilege they've taken into womanhood you've implied in your piece and that is worth considering further. That said, you've got some lovely and thoughtful replies from trans-women on here and they clearly don't think and behave in a monolithic way. Best to take individuals on a case by case basis.

Before I get bitchslapped in the replies, the observation about trans-women being more confrontational than trans-men, it is my observation alone and based on six years of writing here and getting into various scrapes with various people of all shades and shapes. It's an interesting tightrope to walk on certain issues - but walk it we must in the name of discussion and societal progress.

Here's me writing about trans-rights, rape and women's prison if you're interested. :o)

https://medium.com/p/2af13254adcb

And because I'm argumentative I'll also kick back a bit here - It is worth noting that one of the main subjects of discussion for women is *drum roll* other women. There are entire magazines dedicated to doing exactly that. They aren't being written by men, they aren't being sold to men. If what you're identifying as misogyny is the discussion of 'other women' - then trans-women engaging in this behaviour fits with the behaviour of many women I've met. Thus you discriminating between misogyny as done by women and misogyny as done by trans-women is entirely unfair... You've confirmation biased yourself into a transphobic position, either by willful blindness of the behaviour of cis-women or the application of a double standard.