With these kinds of people, it's not exactly about doing the research so you don't fuck up and write something horribly offensive out of ignorance.
See, these people tend to think (mostly subconciously) that there's about 5-7 "narratives" that the lives of marginalized people fit into.
You see this most often with trauma survivors, but it's fucking everywhere. For people like this, research isn't simply like looking into the daily routine of an, IDK, technician on a nuclear submarine before writing an in-depth story with someone like that as your protagonist, but about Finding The Right Narratives.
Because every, let's say, trans person's life fits into narratives, then personal testimonies will all also fit into those narratives, and when those people write their stories with trans protagonists, those stories are going to follow The Narratives.
And when those stories have something that deviates from The Narratives (like a trans dude protag liking PiV sex), they must not have done the research! What does it matter if the author's a trans guy who likes PiV sex! They're probablly lying about their identity!
(sorry for the textdump, i had an epiphany and needed to tell someone)
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With these kinds of people, it's not exactly about doing the research so you don't fuck up and write something horribly offensive out of ignorance.
See, these people tend to think (mostly subconciously) that there's about 5-7 "narratives" that the lives of marginalized people fit into.
You see this most often with trauma survivors, but it's fucking everywhere. For people like this, research isn't simply like looking into the daily routine of an, IDK, technician on a nuclear submarine before writing an in-depth story with someone like that as your protagonist, but about Finding The Right Narratives.
Because every, let's say, trans person's life fits into narratives, then personal testimonies will all also fit into those narratives, and when those people write their stories with trans protagonists, those stories are going to follow The Narratives.
And when those stories have something that deviates from The Narratives (like a trans dude protag liking PiV sex), they must not have done the research! What does it matter if the author's a trans guy who likes PiV sex! They're probablly lying about their identity!
(sorry for the textdump, i had an epiphany and needed to tell someone)