Smash the Patriarchy While Wearing High Heels Why Don't You...

➢Maybe someone can explain this to me, because I think this is getting a bit stupid.

I now have seen - both in my personal life, and in various online mediums - multiple transwomen, of various political and social backgrounds. Yet, they all seem to carry two similarities.

1) They make attempts to look feminine and beautiful 

2) The vast majority of them self-identify as feminists (note: "vast majority" is from a sample size of about twenty, so bear that in mind).

So on the one hand, radical feminists (amongst whom these transwomen tend to self-identify) are arguing that gender is a social construct made to privilege males in society...

...and yet every transwoman I've met or seen without exception has made serious efforts, ranging from makeup to surgical modification, to appear classically beautiful as per societal standards of feminine beauty.

Now, this seems a bit confusing to me, because generally you'd think people who claim to have "seen the matrix" of social constructs would generally defy them whenever their own personal preferences differ from the mainstream.

And yet, there's this massive trend, which smells to the high heavens of some form of hypocrisy.

I don't get it - why claim that gender is totally a gender construct, and then intentionally try to match that construct while claiming that you want to tear it down or otherwise free people from being obligated to follow it? You might as well extol the virtues of veganism and condemn the meat industry while chowing down on a Big Mac.

This leads me to a few conclusions. I'm not sure which is correct, but I'm guessing the truth lies somewhere in between.

1) Transwomen aren't actually attracted so much to being a woman, so much as being in a feminine role. Alternatively... 

2) Transwomen intuitively understand that femininity isn't just a "social construct," and that there are deep biological (and thus psychological) roots connecting femininity to being sexually female. Given this... 

3) Radical feminists are blatantly lying to both themselves and others when they claim that gender roles are mere social constructs. Just how self-aware they are of this lie is a different question altogether.

But hey, don't take my word on it. If you consider yourself a feminist, and have a male friend who's in the middle of transition, and you see them slipping into following those patriarchal definitions of feminine beauty, be sure to stop them and tell them that they don't need to wear makeup in order to feel feminine or feel like a woman.

I dare you. Unless of course you have a good explanation for why virtually every single transwoman claiming to be a feminist also happens to spend an extraordinary amount of effort attempting to fit the "patriarchal" definition of feminine beauty. I'm more than willing to hear an alternate explanation.