[MistressGeorge]

I can understand alot of what Emily has said. I believe the abuse she speaks of though, is attributed to the psyche that follows from having a woman's body and also the social aspects that comes with it, as well as the objectification of women and young girl . Apart from Medieval times, this still stands true. I am not saying that other groups of people ( men, children, different "races") have not experienced abuse. Sometimes it is hard to understand transgenderism, because it can be seen or perceived as one of the worse problems that women deal with- objectification. Not only are we raped, had to and is some places still have little no no rights and human rights, and then some men actually want to become us.... As a woman, this may be hard to grapple with. Some women may see it as reinforcement of the objectification we suffer, the fact that it seems to be a male phenomena as (transgenderism) adds to that. Also, I do not mean to judge anybody, we are all entitled to live our lives and be happy, but some transgenders maybe are just obsessed with feminiity and or the female body as opposed to others who feel they are actually women.