Deviant Behavior· 2026Q1
Transmaxxing , Identity, and Online Male Subcultures: Toward a Feminist Analysis
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Online male subcultures are developing a discourse called 'transmaxxing' where men frame gender transition not due to dysphoria, but as a strategic move for social recognition and sexual access, driven by perceived masculine failure and disillusionment.
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Key points
- Transmaxxing is an online male subculture discourse where gender transition is framed instrumentally, not by dysphoria.
- Motivations for transmaxxing include seeking social recognition, sexual access, and personal fulfillment.
- This phenomenon is driven by perceived masculine failure, social marginalization, and disillusionment with men's status.
- The authors theorize transmaxxing as 'strategic femininity,' reflecting a critique and symptom of hegemonic masculinity.
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Abstract
This paper examines transmaxxing, an emergent discourse within online male subcultures in which some men frame gender transition as a strategic response to perceived masculine failure and social marginalisation. Rather than being primarily associated with gender dysphoria, transmaxxing is positioned as a route to social recognition, sexual access, and personal fulfilment, shaped by perceived misandry and disillusionment with men’s contemporary social and sexual status. Grounded in men and masculinities theory, we conceptualise transmaxxing as strategic femininity: an instrumentalisation of gender identity shaped by despair, rejection, and masculine ideological disaffection, reflecting both a critique and symptom of hegemonic masculinity.
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Field: Gender Studies
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