As someone who struggles to understand and get along with (most) women and who might have been something of a misogynist had things been different, I think that experiencing the things that women go through (physically, hormonally, societally), even if I perceive and experience them differently than a woman would, has led me to develop a lot of empathy that I might otherwise not have.
It's made me a raging feminist in terms of my views of law and policy matters.
I was spared the experience of violent homophobia growing up. My discomfort with my effeminate side was internally-motivated, not externally-imposed.
All the millions of scars that I got growing up/firefighting/being in the military healed to near-invisibility, which was irritating at the time but I now see it as a positive.
I wasn't allowed to play football, so I have no football injuries - all my sports were spinal-cord-safe.
When I sucked at sports, people assumed it was because I was a girl (not the case) rather than because I was an effeminate gay nerdy klutz (probably more accurate), so I wasn't beaten up for the latter.
When I was raped, the rapists were able to choose a hole that was significantly less painful, less delicate, and of less emotional significance to me than the one they would have used if I'd been born male.
I still think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
