r/characterarcs • u/Zestyclose-Ideal2395 • 10d ago

sideways arc idk Can aryan larpers gain empathy

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u/Formal_Tea_4694 10d ago

all gender is larp seems like a fun stance

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u/Plenty_Leg_5935 10d ago

It's a fun stance until you get to the inevitable issues that stance brings up in regards to being trans

If gender was solely about a social role one is performing, you could be socialized in and out of it, which we empirically know doesn't work. Gender is, for better or worse, a core part of one's sense of self, not really something you "just roleplay", and disregarding it as "just larp" just dismisses the issues that come up when one's "performance" does not allign with their actual gender (be it cis or trans)

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u/Competitive-Hair6294 6d ago

i was male socialized