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Amala Ekpunobi

Trans Man’s Viral Breakdown: “Being a Man Is Lonely”

Amala Ekpunobi

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A female who has transitioned to live as a man recently went viral after speaking about having difficulty making deep friendships after transitioning, saying “nobody warned me” that being a man is lonely. Is this just a product of attempting to live as a man when one is not a man biologically, or is there actually something wrong with how men relate to each other? Let’s get into it.

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0:00.0

No, this invalidates how real and raw women and people who are marginalised groups feel about cis-white men

0:05.9

But I also now understand why the suicide rate is so much higher than men

0:09.6

Because this should is lonely. The trans man is brought to tears

0:12.5

And I know mega viral TikTok video where he details the experience that he's had living as a woman versus the experience

0:19.1

He's had living as a man and it turns out being male is far more lonely than he ever would have thought it would be

0:25.3

Let's talk about it

0:31.0

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0:33.9

We want as many people to find this channel as possible and especially this video because we're gonna talk about very deep

0:39.0

profound message that is displayed in this TikTok. Let's watch. Nobody told me how

0:45.3

lonely

0:47.3

Being a man is I'd closer friendships with random women I met in the bathroom before I transitioned at clubs

0:55.0

Because of how open women are then I've had

1:00.0

And I ate yours transitioning pause there immediately so the video that apparently sparked this reaction from this person was a video of

1:09.3

Young women congregated in a bathroom and of course doing the things that women do in the bathroom

1:13.7

They're making jokes doing each other's makeup fixing each other's outfits one girl's like doing pull-ups on the bathroom stall

1:21.0

Whatever it's a communal space among women we go to the bathroom together

1:25.3

It's often that cliche and stereotype of you know the women going together in the bathroom and men have no idea what's happening in there

1:31.2

What to go on the women's bathroom?

1:33.6

No, but this sparked a very emotional reaction for this person who is a biological female who has transitioned and

1:40.6

identifies as male and

1:42.9

Often we scoff at these things or they become the butts of jokes

1:46.2

You know what women do in the bathroom and how women so easily make friendships with each other or you'll meet a woman and suddenly

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