What do you like about being a bio-guy/bio-girl?

[perfectisolation]

This is sort of a topic to balance out the "what do you hate most about being a bio-guy/girl?" topics... So what do you all like about being a bio-guy/girl?

Some of these things have to do with me still being fulltime female, but
What I like about being a bio-girl:

- The experience of being a woman, and understanding things that women go through, like periods, social injustice etc...
- Being allowed to use chap stick and lotions in public (i have a skin problem, it's not like I use it in a girly way lol)
- Having more colorful options for clothing, and not being looked at strange if I wear some men's clothes.
- Not being called a sissy for loving chocolate and the Sims 2
- Not being expected to be strong or aggressive (as female), cause I'm really, really shy
- Not being in extreme pain if I were hit in the crotch

Well that's all that I have. So what about you all?

[Jamie-o]

• Yeah, I'll second the crotch thing. 
• Having guys go out of their way to be polite around me. (Usually.)
• Not having to put up with, or be expected to display a lot of macho bull.
• Having guys stop to help me change a flat tire.
• Being a mystery to men. 
• The cozy, homey feel of being "one of the girls" with my mom and her friends.
• Not being viewed as a sissy because I enjoy sewing/knitting/etc...

[Sephirah]

The ability to see most things from both viewpoints and being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

[Jamie-o]

being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

[Jeannette]

being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

That's if you're a late transitioner, if you transitioned when you were past twenty five or something like that.  But there are many trans folk that transitioned young, like me for example, I haven't experience with "differences between men and women" and least of all "experience from both view points".  Please lets not assume stuff.  Everybody has not lived -your- life and vice versa.

[Natasha]

being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

That's if you're a late transitioner, if you transitioned when you were past twenty five or something like that.  But there are many trans folk that transitioned young, like me for example, I haven't experience with "differences between men and women" and least of all "experience from both view points".  Please lets not assume stuff.  Everybody has not lived -your- life and vice versa.

hahaha  agreed.  some of us didn't wait until we were 200 yrs old to transition

[Jeatyn]

Sometimes the attention I get as a girl is nice. Getting drinks bought for me when I'm out and what not

It's strange though, I've had moments where I've liked a guy and found out he's straight and been like "oh man, that's a disappointment" for a second before remembering I'm not actually a boy 

[Ellieka]

1.) Still being viewed as somewhat attractive even when I had a few pounds extra in the mid section. 
2.) Very low hair maintenance.


thats about it. Every thing else sucks.

[Godot]

Well I agree with the living as both thing. A trans person would seem to be pretty good at giving advice on relationship/battle of the sexes issues. I was in a chat room once and we got on the subject of girls (like having relationships with them) and I helped some guy out and someone else asked me "Why do you know so much about girls?" I can't remember what I told him but it made me think "Because I've looked at relationships form both points of views before". Not all have the experience of both thing but...I was just throwing in my opinion

What I like being a bio girl is..

1. People giving me a break with certain things instead of letting me take care of it all (chores, ect)

And um..at the moment I can't think of anything else lol

[soldierjane]

Gah.. nothing. I saw myself more as some kind of alien than as a guy to be honest. I guess being able to dish it out scared away the bullies, if there's a silver lining to be found.

[soldierjane]

being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

That's if you're a late transitioner, if you transitioned when you were past twenty five or something like that.  But there are many trans folk that transitioned young, like me for example, I haven't experience with "differences between men and women" and least of all "experience from both view points".  Please lets not assume stuff.  Everybody has not lived -your- life and vice versa.

hahaha  agreed.  some of us didn't wait until we were 200 yrs old to transition

The age-old debate. Will probably go on this way until the older generation croaks,the current generation ages and has to face people who got to transition earlier and better than them (thanks to social, medical and technological progress now unavailable) calling them fakes.

By the way, some of us weren't born:
Into an accepting family
Into a naturally passable body
In accepting times
In environments where being trans >< being killed
In the First World
In the middle class

That we can be so unforgiving and petty with each other in regards to factors outside our control demeans us as a community.

Sorry for the momentary thread hijack. Back to our regular scheduled programming.

[jello]

I'm generally fond of the lack of hairiness as well as it being okay to be passive (which I tend to be often) as a biological female.

[Aiden]

Lack of strong body Oder
People willing to help me out when things going rough
Not considered a wuss for being over sensitive and emotional (except I tend to consider myself one because supposed to be a guy)

And the few times I dressed up nice I liked that people would let me cross the road instead of rushing and almost running me over when I try to find a safe time to cross.  That pisses me off, nearly got hit by a car once when I had the right of way light.

[RebeccaFog]

The absolute only bio-male advantage that I can see is being able to pee off the back of a moving truck.

That's about it.

[Shana A]

The absolute only bio-male advantage that I can see is being able to pee off the back of a moving truck.

That's about it.

Remind me not to drive behind your car in a procession 

Z

[Jamie-o]

being able to see close-up the way guys think about things and how they interact. It's... useful.

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

That's if you're a late transitioner, if you transitioned when you were past twenty five or something like that.  But there are many trans folk that transitioned young, like me for example, I haven't experience with "differences between men and women" and least of all "experience from both view points".  Please lets not assume stuff.  Everybody has not lived -your- life and vice versa.

hahaha  agreed.  some of us didn't wait until we were 200 yrs old to transition

The age-old debate. Will probably go on this way until the older generation croaks,the current generation ages and has to face people who got to transition earlier and better than them (thanks to social, medical and technological progress now unavailable) calling them fakes.

By the way, some of us weren't born:
Into an accepting family
Into a naturally passable body
In accepting times
In environments where being trans >< being killed
In the First World
In the middle class

That we can be so unforgiving and petty with each other in regards to factors outside our control demeans us as a community.

Sorry for the momentary thread hijack. Back to our regular scheduled programming.

It was only a joke, people.  Lighten up.    I had no idea I was walking into such a mine field!

Soldierjane - Thank you for your very eloquent response.

[Dennis]

As someone who was 42 at the start of transition because I channelled all my unhappiness into doing well at school and building a career, then working at it, I thank you too soldierjane. I am no better nor no worse than someone who transitions as a child, but I am in a position now where I can help people who run into legal difficulties because of transition. I wish I'd done it earlier, but I didn't, and I certainly refuse to accept the idea that I'm less of a man for it.

Dennis

[Ender]

I like... not needing to manually regulate (with the help of a doc) hormone levels.  It's more convenient and cheaper to have everything just work on its own.  I also like not having to be reliant on doctors and pharmacies (and the attendant discrimination and shortages).

[Anisha]

In India,Boys get more freedom than girls to go out by parents....Surely i enjoy that,....

[sd]

I've always thought trans-folk would be the obvious choice for giving advice about relationships/battle of the sexes issues.  After all, who has better insight into the differences between men and women, than someone who has lived as  both? 

I sort of thought that way as well, but at the same time I see some issues with it.

Just because you lived as that sex, does not mean you fully understand it.

And more importantly, you never really experience both sides of the coin. You only go through high school (and puberty combined) once. This and the period after seem to be a major development period for most people especially in terms of understanding themselves.

On the other hand I have learned more about myself in the last year (pre-everything) than I have over the course of my 30 plus years. So maybe we are better suited to it than I think.