I think anxiety about others seeing one's own genitals is a very understandable and extremely common/normal issue. I went into the locker rooms a few times in school, but I quickly switched to changing in the washroom stalls where I wouldn't be disturbed. It wasn't so much my genitals as my whole self, though - I hated to be revealed in front of the guys. I would probably react the same among females.
The man-ego hatred is also common, and though I'm sure it's only a minority of men that dislike that quality that many of them have, I'm certain that there are men that see the ego as a real issue. There are sensitive men, nice men, and such. Many men dislike the issues about men that you raise.
So, on those points, I can't say that your issues are dysphoria. It's not specific to people of trans experience, at least. What would be dysphoria is if you were one of those things, and instead of hating yourself for having those sorts of qualities because they are undesirable and contemptible, you would hate it
because you feel it associates you with being male. If you don't find that you have much dysphoria, then you could count yourself as blessed. It certainly makes the journey easier, especially when you learn that being trans does not necessarily cause dysphoria - it's very common, but like everything else, it isn't a certainty.
For what it's worth, I believe the male ego is a product of nature and nurture, to cite the usual cliché. A lot of it is learned from television, or from peers, but a not-insignificant amount of it is certainly natural, as it's hard to say that such a thing would exist in the first place if there wasn't a nature to it. Everything arises from something else, and I would say that male dominance, aggression, and the rites related, are the root cause of that ego. And from there, it evolved over time parallel to society.
Hope that helps in some way.
Quote from: Edge on August 17, 2012, 02:32:51 PM
Also, it's strange that those qualities are ones I've seen in equally or more in females.
Competition is the basis of the development of life. While the male ego is a distinct and unique trait set, it is certainly expected that females be aggressive, and brutal at times. It is the spirit of the world.