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[Not]

Only for a day or two just to experience a different perspective. I'm also very curious how a female version of me would look like.

There's always Face App!

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Fuck that.

I love my man privelage.

 

[Barrylocke]

I'd try it out for a few months maybe.

 

[DBT85]

I think it would serve as a useful instructional tool if everyone could do it for a while.

 

[br3wnor]

No way, being male is just so much easier.

 

[Fat4all]

i guess noone cares about the sensitivity levels of my nips

 

[womfalcs3]

No.

Women have to go through the pain of giving birth, and have a lot of social issues to overcome. Men have it good.

 

[Anura]

I am a guy (and gay)

seeing how terrible was being gay up until the late 90's, I'd probably have said yes in me late teens just to make things easier for me in the future in terms of building up something substantial with someone else and to not disappoint my family.

but after I got over the "gay is bad" thing and seeing how society has a looooooong way to go in terms of equality and how women are treated (jobs, salary, physical integrirty, etc just to name a few areas),

no, no way

It’s funny. As a trans woman I grew up thinking “why couldn’t I have JUST been gay, at the very least”.

 

[Hoo-doo]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

Also, childbirth sounds like a horrible, horrible ordeal. I don't know how women cope with something that terrifying looming in their future.

 

[Linkark07]

For a day or two, yes, I would love being a woman. Otherwise no. I don't fancy the idea of having periods or being pregnant.

 

[Fat4all]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

but it’s so convenient

 

[Fliesen]

And give up my cis-het-white-male privilege? I don't think so.

Sure it'd be a valuable experience, but even if society wasn't inherently biased in my favour, it'd come down to the fact that i couldn't give up the ability to pee standing up.
Like, not even if we abolish any kind of discrimination and injustice, that's like THE physiological advantage the male body has that i just couldn't live without :/

edit: I see Hoo-doo got his priorities in check as well.

 

[strafer]

Seems like it would be fun to be a biological male for a day or two. But I like being a woman so if it was permanent nope.

I saw the avatar and thought she was back.

 

[lazygecko]

Physically, I don't see how you couldn't at least be curious. Socially is the really interesting part though, and you don't even need to go through the effort of an actual sex change to experience that. In my case all it takes is changing a single letter in my username and people online will treat me extremly differently.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I've had that thought before and I came to the conclusion I'm a cis male but I wouldn't mind being viewed as cute. But I'm also confortable with my own body, and honestly I don't think I have what it takes to go through what women go through.

However for what it's worth I always play my games as women when given the opportunity, couldn't really tell you why.

I had an enlightening conversation with a crossdresser once.

He explained to me that he is 100% male. He had no doubts about his gender or heterosexuality. But he dressed up in women’s clothes and had a female persona that he would often roleplay for hours at a time. Sometimes he would run errands as his female alter ego, other times he would just lounge around the house, and crossdressing for him was something he really really enjoyed and felt empowered doing.

His justification was that he had been conditioned to view beauty, sexiness, and cuteness as feminine traits. He was attracted to women and these traits and thus had a strong sexual image of what female beauty is. Since these traits were most strongly associated with feminity and women, they were traits he could never take on as a male.

To him, he could never feel beautiful as a man. He could never feel sexy. He could never be cute. Even when he tried to be these things as a man, they always felt forced and limited and insincere. But as a woman they felt natural and authentic and powerful.

This man crossdressed because it let him feel pretty. It let him feel sexy and adorable and let him take on traits his own gender didn’t allow. But it was also a greatly sexual experience for him because it enabled him to exude the same qualities he found attractive.

He told me that this is common for a lot of heterosexual crossdressers. Gender constructs and misogyny amplify female sexuality and portray the masculine body as utilitarian.

There’s a Seinfeld episode where Elaine says the female body is a work of art but the male body is “like a Jeep” that’s for “getting around.” In this same episode, Jerry and his new girlfriend spend too much time naked together and the relationship falls apart because he can’t stop imagining her naked (good) and she can’t STOP imagining him naked (bad). This episode, he says, strongly contributed to human his beauty ideals. He could never be attractive and beautiful as a man. He could never be a “work of art”. He would always just be a truck for getting around.

This is something I can identify with on some level. I am rarely able to find beauty in myself or other men. My body feels expendable. So there is a curiosity in what it would be like to have a woman’s body to primp and preen and feel beautiful. As somebody with low self esteem and poor self image, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking I would love myself more if I looked like something else.

But this is a fantasy rooted in institutionalized misogyny. The idea that women are innately sexual and men are not harms us both. It is why I know I wouldn’t actually switch bodies if given the chance - this construct is not real. It’s a fantasy.

So it can be safe and fun to explore in fantasy, like crossdressing, but the shine would come off the apple of the transition was ever real. Assuming you are cisgendered, of course.

 

[Kthulhu]

I would like to know for one or two days (or a week max). Just have a better understanding.

But not for always. No way.

.

 

[SgtCobra]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

Also, childbirth sounds like a horrible, horrible ordeal. I don't know how women cope with something that terrifying looming in their future.

Pretty much my stance on it lol

 

[Bleepey]

For a lesson in empathy, sure

 

[AllGamer]

Nope

 

[MarkMclovin]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

Wait a sec, you don't piss sitting down?

Fuck me that's the best way especially first thing in the morning. It also gives me a few minutes on Flippy Knife too.

 

[valeo]

No. Being a woman seems like objectively far more difficult than being a man.

- periods
- childbirth
- general discrimination

What's a man got to worry about?

- kidney stones
- penile dysfunction
- more money

Wait a sec, you don't piss sitting down?

Fuck me that's the best way especially first thing in the morning. It also gives me a few minutes on Flippy Knife too.

That is dumb. Only sit down to shit.

 

[sirap]

No. Life would certainly be easier if I was white though.

If anything, I would like to be free of human limitations.

 

[Dinjooh]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

Also, childbirth sounds like a horrible, horrible ordeal. I don't know how women cope with something that terrifying looming in their future.

Peeing sitting down rocks as a dude as well.

Except at festivals and generally in public.. And outdoors as well..

I take it back. Peeing standing up is awesome.

 

[JordanN]

From black and male to black and female?

That's like quadrupling the already extra hard difficulty setting on playing life, while starting out with zero inventory.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Wait a sec, you don't piss sitting down?

Fuck me that's the best way especially first thing in the morning. It also gives me a few minutes on Flippy Knife too.

Hell no. Being able to stand up to pee is one of life's most precious gifts. I won't squander it.

I can't trust guys who pee sitting down.

 

[Fat4all]

I can't trust guys who pee sitting down.

 

[Not]

And pee sitting down? No, not worth it.

Also, childbirth sounds like a horrible, horrible ordeal. I don't know how women cope with something that terrifying looming in their future.

Stronger mental and physical stability hormones



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I don't know anything

 

[Not]

That is dumb. Only sit down to shit.

What about both?

 

[ffdgh]

No way.

 

[Rayis]

In a heartbeat, though I wouldn't transition because I don't think I'd ever be happy with the results, I identify currently as genderqueer.

 

[MickeyPhree]

No.

 

[belmonkey]

I often wish to be the opposite sex, but I also wonder how long I'd want that. Being a man seems so much easier, and I'm a lazy person, so I don't know how well I'd handle being a girl and caring about how I look and whatnot. Still though, it's something I cannot help but want.
It'd have to be a perfect biological transition though, so not something currently available.

 

[womfalcs3]

No. Being a woman seems like objectively far more difficult than being a man.

- periods
- childbirth
- general discrimination

What's a man got to worry about?

- kidney stones
- penile dysfunction
- more money





That is dumb. Only sit down to shit.

Kidney stones aren't specific to men. Penile dysfunction isn't universal, although menopause is. More money is applicable to both sexes.

 

[Airola]

For one day for hot lesbian sex.

For me that would only be about sexual perversions to be honest. No "trying to see the world in woman's eyes" types of excuses for that

If I couldn't go back, never.
If I could instantly go back when I want to, sure, I'd indulge myself in all sorts of lesbian perversions.

Yeah, I'm an asshole :/

 

[Drinkel]

I would yeah. I'm pretty genderfluid overall.

 

[……forgetit]

I am happy with my gender

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Nope.

 

[Red Liquorice]

I'd like to experience it yes. I don't really like the idea of having boobs though, they seem bothersome to have them hanging there and bouncing around.

 

[Yohane]

Actually yes.

I hate that men can't wear cute dresses

 

[Mark1]

I’m happy with that who I am as a person and how I view myself.

But know for a fact as a gay man my life would be easier if I was the opposite sex (or attracted to it). The dating pool is significantly smaller, plus less likelihood of getting looked down upon for being gay.

Saying that though, I am happy as a gay man. Life won’t change the fact that it doesn’t define me as a person. And everyone has their own individual preferences.

 

[kitsunelaine]

I'd like to experience it yes. I don't really like the idea of having boobs though, they seem bothersome to have them hanging there and bouncing around.

that's kind of how I feel about balls though

 

[Prodigal Son]

Im not trans but sometimes

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Guys, women can pee standing up now, too. We have science for this sort of thing.

I would switch for at least a bit if I were guaranteed a certain level of attractiveness, I suppose

 

[Interframe]

I had an enlightening conversation with a crossdresser once.

He explained to me that he is 100% male. He had no doubts about his gender or heterosexuality. But he dressed up in women's clothes and had a female persona that he would often roleplay for hours at a time. Sometimes he would run errands as his female alter ego, other times he would just lounge around the house, and crossdressing for him was something he really really enjoyed and felt empowered doing.

His justification was that he had been conditioned to view beauty, sexiness, and cuteness as feminine traits. He was attracted to women and these traits and thus had a strong sexual image of what female beauty is. Since these traits were most strongly associated with feminity and women, they were traits he could never take on as a male.

To him, he could never feel beautiful as a man. He could never feel sexy. He could never be cute. Even when he tried to be these things as a man, they always felt forced and limited and insincere. But as a woman they felt natural and authentic and powerful.

This man crossdressed because it let him feel pretty. It let him feel sexy and adorable and let him take on traits his own gender didn't allow. But it was also a greatly sexual experience for him because it enabled him to exude the same qualities he found attractive.

He told me that this is common for a lot of heterosexual crossdressers. Gender constructs and misogyny amplify female sexuality and portray the masculine body as utilitarian.

There's a Seinfeld episode where Elaine says the female body is a work of art but the male body is ”like a Jeep" that's for ”getting around." In this same episode, Jerry and his new girlfriend spend too much time naked together and the relationship falls apart because he can't stop imagining her naked (good) and she can't STOP imagining him naked (bad). This episode, he says, strongly contributed to human his beauty ideals. He could never be attractive and beautiful as a man. He could never be a ”work of art". He would always just be a truck for getting around.

This is something I can identify with on some level. I am rarely able to find beauty in myself or other men. My body feels expendable. So there is a curiosity in what it would be like to have a woman's body to primp and preen and feel beautiful. As somebody with low self esteem and poor self image, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking I would love myself more if I looked like something else.

But this is a fantasy rooted in institutionalized misogyny. The idea that women are innately sexual and men are not harms us both. It is why I know I wouldn't actually switch bodies if given the chance - this construct is not real. It's a fantasy.

So it can be safe and fun to explore in fantasy, like crossdressing, but the shine would come off the apple of the transition was ever real. Assuming you are cisgendered, of course.

Agree with this post completely. Women's bodies being viewed as always beautiful or sexy compared to men's (and people actually believe this) is just misogyny working with full force, its a system of oppression that just as bad as racism (because straight men of the world equate the value of women with this, and it affects them gravely).

As a bisexual male, i can and do appreciate the beauty and sexiness in both men and women, and i often focus more on men because i feel like part of my attraction to women is society telling me things, whereas what i feel about men sexually is not something that i feel like society is shoving down my throat, it doesn't feel forced in the sense that this is what society is pushing you to view women as, if that makes any sense. Regardless I'm glad im not obsessed with women's bodies because it feeds the toxic culture of misogyny.

 

[Vipershark]

OP, your threads sure do have an interesting trend.

If this is why you're so depressed, there are plenty of places for you go get help with your issues, here and elsewhere.
This adds a lot of context to your other threads, though...

 

[batrush]

no

 

[Sunset Samurai]

Nawl i like being a dude

 

[Yoshi]

Actually yes.

I hate that men can't wear cute dresses

It is possible. May be a bit difficult if you are well past 2 meters or are very muscular (because then you may not find anything that fits), but you can very well wear cute dresses as a man.

 

[turmoil]

I would like it ranma 1/2 style

But being a woman in this society would be hell, so no thanks.

Otoh, if all men were to live like a woman for some days, misogyny would take a blow.

 

[DeadPhoenix]

No but... I do spend a quite a bit of time wondering would i would do if after I died I started my life over as a woman. That may just have to do with me bored as hell at work.