Why are you woman?

[Wild Flower]

Why are you a woman?



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I can't answer this question right now. lol. I guess, it's like in my DNA. Like a rose is a rose.

[SophieD]

Why am I not one?

[KathyLauren]

At the emotional / psychological level, because I feel like one.  At the physical level, because I (probably) have a female brain structure.  The latter is (probably) a result of pre-natal DES exposure.

Bottom line: it doesn't matter why.  I am.

[Gertrude]

No DES here, just some differences in prenatal development, probably due to epigenetic factors. In other words, just another expression of what it means to be human, and a relatively rare one at that.


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[Julia1996]

Because just like every woman here, I was born that way.

[jentay1367]

Because I like high heels and make-up?

[Devlyn]

Because the world needs more women with penises.

[Michelle_P]

This sounds like one of those leading questions I've gotten when I accidentally found myself in a TERF lesbian space.  The followthrough isn't pretty.  Let's not go there, m'kay?

I am because I am.

I am because parts of my neuroendocrine system run much better on estradiol than on testosterone.

I am because regions of my brain around the hypothalamus seem to have female-like structure and activity patterns, rather than male patterns.

I am because a drug I was exposed to in utero likely flipped some genetic switches in differentiated stem cells prior to development of some tissues.

No, I don't have a uterus or cervix.  Yes, I get my estradiol through patches.  All of this is identical to what a woman who has had a total hysterectomy has to deal with.  Are they women, or not?

Edit:  I am a woman because I wear high heels and makeup (but I don't identify as a drag performer, Elsie!)

[RobynTx]

Because the wrong sperm entered the egg.

[jentay1367]

This sounds like one of those leading questions I've gotten when I accidentally found myself in a TERF lesbian space.  The followthrough isn't pretty.  Let's not go there, m'kay?

I am because I am.

I am because parts of my neuroendocrine system run much better on estradiol than on testosterone.

I am because regions of my brain around the hypothalamus seem to have female-like structure and activity patterns, rather than male patterns.

I am because a drug I was exposed to in utero likely flipped some genetic switches in differentiated stem cells prior to development of some tissues.

No, I don't have a uterus or cervix.  Yes, I get my estradiol through patches.  All of this is identical to what a woman who has had a total hysterectomy has to deal with.  Are they women, or not?

So it's not high heels and make-up? 

[SophieD]

So it's not high heels and make-up? 

No, you got it right. 

[Harley Quinn]

Why am I not one?

This...

[karenk1959]

My brain tells me I was supposed to be a woman. In utero, the gender parts of my brain developed in the opposite direction from my physical maleness. But, my brain also has developed from life experiences and is capable of abstract thought and analysis. So, in essence, I am aware that a part of my brain wishes I was a cisgender woman, but I know I will never be one. We all can make a choice as to whether we want to go through life wishing we were someone else or be happy and grateful for everything we have and are. I chose to celebrate my blessings!

[davina61]

My brain has a "memory" of being female, its when I put breast forms on then my chest matches my brain. Allways felt like some thing was missing, as for downstairs there's some thing in the way like a nasty growth that shouldn't be there. Not sure if I have a female brain (too many years working in a male environment ) but whatever it is it needs a female body to match.

[jentay1367]

No, you got it right. 

Phew!...praise be to allah. I was really starting to think  the whole of my being was based on a lie.

[SophieD]

No, dear.  Make-up & high heels are TRUTH!

[jentay1367]

Preach,  Sister!   

[Kendra]

Because I can.

[stephaniec]

I really don't know

[AnonyMs]

It's a mystery to me. The more I learn the less I know; I don't even know what man and woman means these days.

As to why I'm transitioning, it's because I don't want to die. Perhaps I should be looking forward to living, but I can't say I really feel that right now.