Quote from: newkama_sanji on December 23, 2011, 06:32:41 PM
My question is:
1. Have you ever felt empowered by the fact that, after becoming convincingly female and treated as one, you finally have the freedom to commit transgressions and subversions and not be judged as harshly than if you were a man?
I do not pass well everyday, and I am a kind of transient (part-time) crossdresser.
But, there are some symptoms that make me sure of passing.
1. Women touch me more easily and frequently. A woman once pulled the band of my bra in the back to determine my biological sex. Some women grasp my hands while asking me for direction.
2. Women do not avert my eyes. They tend to study me.
There is a kind of privilege: Entering women's restroom. Sometimes men open door for me. Strange young guys smile at me.
Also some disadvantages: I should be accompanied with other guys for shopping in foregin countries, as I have a bad memory of virtually being raped by a guy in the U.S. while shopping alone. I avoid going out alone at night in foreign countries (here in my country, it is OK).
In any case, I become a kind of celebrity among my friends, colleagues and town people. They recognize and remember me too well, but I do not remember them so well. Asymmetric responses.
Barbie~~
