New!!! How Gendered Are You? Poll

[Emerald]

Thank you for taking part in this poll! 
Do take the time to post your choices if you like.
And how many choices you made too!

-Emerald 

[Buffy]

Hi Emerald...

You left out confused off the list above!! I had to read it at least 3 times.

I would have loved to have voted "all female", but even though I am now, I cannot dispute that at past times in my life I did (at times) feel like a man or a boy, especially in my younger life.

The fact that I didn't like being a man or a boy is beside the point and I have answered with my head, rather than with my heart...

Buffy

[Elizabeth]

Hi Emerald,

Even though I did not actually know I was a transsexual until I was nine, I knew something was wrong. Because I have never felt like a boy or man, I chose that I have always known I was a woman. Even in my biggest moments of denial, I still knew the real truth.

Love always,
Elizabeth

[Bob]

I chose one and two, only because  there were times when i wondered about being a woman, not that i was one or ever would become one ... just a thought.
so technically only number one would fit me properly
i'm a man and i like it that way .... and personally, I hope that never changes ! HAHAHHA
c ya !
Bob......

[TheBattler]

Well that is a hard one for me to answer. I do consider myself a male with a big feminine side. Lots of my actions and thoughts indicate there is a lot of femininity within me.

In the end I chose a 'mostly male but sometimes I have thought of myself as female' as while I still think of myself as male my actions/likes/desires have confused me making me think I am female.

Alice

[Rana]

confused & sort of unsure sounds a reasonable choice to me

Rana

[Bdnewgirl]

I must admit it was a tricky one for me too. As much as I love my female side it could never exsist with out my Male side to. So the 50/50 is my best choice. I guess sorta a ying yang. I always thought my male side built who I am and my female side refined and polished it. I have always felt that I am me no matter if I was born male or female or which genders clothing I am in at the time.

Love & Hugs
Brandi

[Kimberly]

Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

When I was pretending to be a boy I did a good job

[Kate]

Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

As a young child/baby, my default assumption was that I was a girl. It's not something I actually verbalized - I never said to myself, "Well whadaya know.... I'm a girl!" as there was just no need at first. It just was.

Obviously, it wasn't long before evidence began to contradict this. I was given boy things. Encouraged to do boy things. People seemed to assume I WAS a boy. It didn't make much sense to me, and it broke my heart, but who was I to argue with the Big People? They'd obviously been here much longer than I... they must know something I don't. I trusted them.

So I began to think of myself *AS* a boy... much the same way I think of myself AS a programmer, commuter, home owner, etc. It's a label, it's what I "do," but it's not what I AM.

Which is why I had so much trouble trying to think of myself AS a girl later in life... because I AM a girl. It's a subtle, zen-like distinction, but it really confounded me for the longest time. Sometimes it's the most direct and simple answers that are hardest to see, waiting to be revealed once all the mind-searching and "figuring out" quiets down and the simple Truth is just allowed to Be.

[Jessica]

1. Ungendered - I have no gender. I am neither a woman, a man, or a member of any other gender.

2. Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

I voted for two.

The first, I feel, HAS to be true (or at least some derivative of it, such as everyone is both (and more), everyone is neither, or neither exists as we believe it to exist).
This has to do with my beliefs. Simply, the minute you try and define either male or female everything breaks apart. No matter the definition you exclude, divide, and segregate things that I don't feel really can be divided.
My only conclusion is that both are artificial constructs that pertain only to the reality that we exist within. Since the reality that we exist within isn't truely real, or I guess I should say, doesn't really matter, then my belief is that we are all part of some whole, and the minute we try to catagorize ourselves outside of that whole, we are in error.
So, my belief is that gender is an illusion that is a byproduct of the reality that we exist within, as is a WHOLE TON of other things.

The second FEELS so true as to make this entire reality seem very very real and not at all an illusion.

I realize those two concepts are in conflict.

It's like, I am a dreaming soul, and I am really caught up in the dream and can't wake up because I am caught up in the dream. I think that is why I also hold belief in options that aren't necessarily acceptable in everyone elses eyes, I look at suicide/dying as 'waking up' although I acknowledge that it must have karmic consequences due to the pain it causes others.

Jessica

[Melissa]

I chose female, because when I was in denial, I thought of myself as male, even though looking back on it, it was far from the truth.

Melissa

[Jillieann Rose]

Hi Emerald,
I chose Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).
I though I was for many years, all I had to do is look in my pants, although I new that I was different. Everyone treat me as a boy so as a compliant child I believed it. Who was I to deny the obvious?
But now I know, even if it doesn't seem rational, that I'm a female in a male body something that I would have never dreamed was possible.

Jillieann

[Shannon]

Hi Emerald,

I choose Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

I have always felt inside that I was a female trapped inside a male body ever since I was 4 years old.  I repressed these feelings throughout my 20's and early 30's and I became a very unhappy person as a result.  I had a very negative outlook on life during all those years of denial.  Almost drove me to suicide.  Now that I have accepted what I really am inside, I'm a much happier person now.   

Shannon

[sky]

All Female - I have always considered myself to be a woman (or girl).

As those who know me will already know!

Love, Sky XXX

[edit]Kimberly: URL removed, once in the profile is enough [/edit]

[Mario]

I have always felt male, even through the forced female parts of my life.

                                     Marco

[Luc]

I'm male, with a bit of a "feminine" side, though that's just in how I relate to other people, and what man doesn't have some femininity? I only played along with the female role before because it made everyone else happy.

Rafe

[elleane]

What happened to the banana slug option?

Genderblended Male - I consider myself to be both a man and a woman, but predominantly more of a man.

tick

Bi-Gendered - I feel like a woman at times and other times more like a man. About 50/50.

tick

Ungendered - I have no gender. I am neither a woman, a man, or a member of any other gender.

tick

That pretty much covers the gamut of gender feelings (or lack of them) that I have or had in the past.  I'd put down genderblended female if I had a fourth option. 

elleane
xxx

[Sushi-Q]

I have always felt like a woman.  If anything, my emotional set are that of a girl and once I admitted that, I got along better with many of my friends.

-Rachel

[MTK]

I have always considered myself to be a man with a strong feminine side that I am trying to explore and accept.

I think all people have both a feminine and masculin side but to different degrees.

MTK

[Kendall]

Genderblended female.

I feel about 80 percent female, 20 percent male in gender, clothing, and soon to be with physical changes.