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Malicious Compliance

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People conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request. For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. Please ensure that the “malicious compliance” aspect is apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm gonna need a pen and paper for this one.

[–] peipei1@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll summarize:

  • The contest organizers don't accept trans women (AKA assigned male at birth, transitioned to female)

  • This means that they are being transphobic, they aren't treating trans women as women.

  • The person in the article is the opposite, assigned female at birth and transitioned to male. AKA a trans man.

  • This person is considered a woman by the beauty contest despite identifying as male.

  • He entered the beauty contest as a form of protest and to bring attention to the blatant transphobia.

[–] Jeanschyso@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

So like, according to the organizers, if they were born with a penis, it doesn't matter if they transitioned, they are considered men.

This trans man (a person born with a vagina who transitioned ) is entering the contest, because if trans women are considered men, trans men are considered women.

So this dude is entering a "female" beauty contest to show how dumb the rules are. He is allowed to do so because said dumb rules make him a woman in the eyes of the organization.