Quote from: Chett on July 18, 2008, 02:40:01 AM
im not one thats big on social conformity, tough i did it for a while because i was bullied so bad... and i strongly dislike a lot of the female parts of my body and i desire to be more masculine. but... i dont think i'll ever feel like a "real" man. i dont mind really. i suppose i feel like i should have a mans body but not necessarily be a man. and my trans people that may make their way into here, im definitely still trans. lol
Perhaps, but men do vary.. I mean there are nerds, gays, machos, metrosexuals.. all men.
For me, I beleive in the 'gender spectrum' and so if you 'feel' completely in the middle, but want to have a man's body, then I think that in itself weights it to the male side.
Perhaps a "real man" is also one that can accept his little feminine side?
When I was accepting my transsexuality I remember telling my brother that I was an androgyne, then things unfolded and now I know I'm an M2F (and so does everyone else lol) For me, I think, because i've had to live like the opposite sex for so long that I created a character and it has been taking a while to wash out. I sometimes see myself as the old character and I also have thought that maybe i'm androgynous or bi-gender or gender fluid etc.. But I think it's just the confusion of leaving behind the familiar character you know so well. Remember that 'Genetic boys' have 18+ years to become men..
My opinion is that both F2Ms and M2Fs are mentally younger than a person who was born into their target sex. Without the right hormones, the brain just couldn't develop fully..
I was also diagnosed at 25 as having a protracted puberty, by my endocrinologist, and I still don't feel like an adult. I know an intersexed person who also feels much younger than his/her age.
K that's enough from me, i'll get down off my soap box! good luck!