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But much like the myths of the "welfare queen" or the myth of trans women "attacking" cis women in bathrooms, centrists and right-wingers fabricate beliefs out of whole cloth in order to excuse and deflect from their own bigotry. The welfare queen myth arose when black women were among the most under-employed demographic for their education level, and the myths about dangerous trans women arose despite the fact that trans women are among the groups most at risk of violence.