J K Rowling and her transphobia, why?

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13. Robert Galbraith might have some thoughts on the matter

She's explained why she used a pseudonym, but she obviously could have used a woman's name. To my knowledge she has not addressed why she chose to present herself as a man.

Her stated goal was to let her works succeed or fail on their own merits, but then a woman's name would seem more logical. If she just wanted to appropriate some male privilege (perhaps male authors are taken more seriously?) that would seem to undermine the mission to let her works succeed or fail on their own merit.

Generally speaking, bigotry is far more popular than the inner torment theory would suggest, but asking the world to see her as a man was an interesting choice for her. So maybe it applies in this case,