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Here’s some actual data that suggests “trans women are women for dating purposes” is the opinion of only a small minority:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026540751877913...

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This data supports my point. It does not say "trans women are treated as men for purposes of dating," it says "trans women are not broadly considered attractive." They specifically call out that few people of any sexual orientation want to date trans women. But those who are interested in dating trans women tend to be people who date women.

This paper article cites that 3% of strait people would consider dating a hypothetical trans person of the gender they are attracted to.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog...

The question is not "would you consider a trans person as a sexual partner" -- the question is, "do you consider a trans person to be the gender they identify as".

There are a lot of women I would not want to sleep with. Does not mean I question their gender.

It shows that most people don't consider them equivalent to women as sexual partners. We were discussing how in some demands trans people are considered and are not considered as their gender of choice. If you ask would you date a woman and someone says yes, then ask would you date a trans woman and they say no, that shows that they are differentiated for the purposes of this question

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