How do you see yourself?

[aydan_boy]

So, I'm wondering, what do you see as your physical downfalls that stop you from passing? How about the features you believe help you pass better, or make you feel more male? This is mostly for the pre-ops, but anyones free to answer.

Example:
A few pluses for me is the fact that I'm rather hairy for my so called gender, hairy legs, arms, and a snail trail. Another plus are my large feet, but thats about all i can say.

A negative is my rather large bubble butt, and curvy legs. Plus the other "bits", but I kinda think those go without saying.
How bout you?

[Tom]

Well I find what helps me is that when I cut my hair super short like it is, I have a boyish face, especially since I have my biological father's smile. I'm rather hairy myself and my breasts are fairly small so that helps.

What doesn't help is I'm really petite so if I'm not careful, I have a curvy figure. Also my voice is super high pitch. Which sucks. Most of it is I'm just really small and petite. HOWEVER, I do have really big feet for my size so that does help.

[Squirrel698]

I'm 5'10" and slender which really helps a lot I think.  I have broad shoulders and a defined jaw.  My voice is slowly dropping from T which helps. 

Unfortunately my feet and hands are small.  My hips could be a bit more narrow but I'm working on that.  I'm pretty femy in my mannerisms and pattern of speech.  Someday I'll pass as a gay male I hope. 

[Yakshini]

Pros: I have a very defined jaw and square face that is on the masculine side of androgynous. I have a broad chest and shoulders. I also have muscular arms. My voice is also very very low for someone who was born female, and it is actually lower than some cisgendered guys I have met. I'm also super hairy, more hairy in fact than MOST cisgendered men I have met.

Cons: While all of my working out has made my torso more like a "trunk", I still have an hourglass curve. My legs are also very curvy, and my boobs are huge and very difficult to bind without hurting myself. I'm also short at 5'4".

[zombiesarepeaceful]

My feet are normal for a man....size 10.
I have "man hips" so I'm told but I still have not so male love handles which I'm trying to get rid of.
I have man hands.
My voice was kinda low pre T and now it's in Darth Vader range.

The negatives are pretty much very low on my list lately and I try to forget about them. But my face structure isn't as square as I'd like and my adam's apple doesn't really match my voice pitch. I'm not as hairy as I'd like either but I know that'll change in time. And obviously my chest and junk.

[insanitylives]

Pros:
I'm 5'9, average height for males is 5'10. [Related: Shoes 10 1/2 mens, at the smallest, most shoes I need wides or an 11]
I'm not *too* slight.
Hair, just about everywhere. I swear, on T I'm going to look like a bear.
I AM capable of building muscle, just not as much as I'd like.

Con:
VOICE!! I sound 12 (Height is a mixed blessing on this one)
My face is rather round (I think. Others have said different)
I have no fat on my hips/butt, but they are still huge.
Breasts. 'Nuff said. Really...
Total lack of confidence (this I know I need to work on for myself, thank you)

[jmaxley]

Pros:
Huge shoulders
Masculine face
Masculine hairline
Large build
Big feet
Hairy for a female
Chest isn't really huge for my size, I've passed without binding
Way I walk and sit

Cons:
Voice (although it's kind of low for a female, still doesn't pass usually)
Short fingers, make my hands look girly
Overweight, makes my hips and butt more obvious
Short

[Shang]

Pros:

I'm 5'10".
When my hair's cut real short I can look more like a boy than a girl.

Cons:

Big boobs, which I can't bind because no matter how I try to, it hurts.
Big hips
Hourglass figure
Kind of "soft" arms that look more feminine than male
I sound like a chick no matter what I do.
Long neck
Long legs
Medium build, would appear smaller if I bothered working out

I'm sure there's more.

[madzam]

Pros:
*now that I can accept it* I pass fairly well
I pull of some pretty sick hairstyles without too looking feminine
My voice could pass for male or female (I am pre-t)
I'm built like a teenage boy for the most part
My muscles get detail easily but I'm too lazy to work out usually

Cons:
My voice reads female sometimes
Can randomly be really self conscious
My hands are small and girly
5'6 right now probably will only get 1-2 inches taller

[Tad]

Pros?

Rather masculine face
5 foot 9.. size 11 to 12 mens feet depending on the brand..
Broad shoulders, I easily put on muscles..
Relatively small chest.. I got a big barrel of a rib cage.. 42, so the stuff stuck on them isn't such a huge deal..  I've never bound.. don't need too to pass.
Haircut definately helps.


Cons.. well obviously the lack of junk in some areas.. and bits in the other areas
Lack of hair in all the appropriate places.. such as the face _ t will fix that once I get it..
Voice falls into the.. it could be male could be female category.. so.. meh.
Lack of an adams apple.. but meh.. I have a super short neck anyhow.

[James42]

I also have large feet for my size
And I have large hands, only like a cm smaller than my dad's
My voice is pretty low, passable as a guys
I'm good in the body hair department, just wish I could transfer it more to my face lol
I have a wide neck
Broad shoulders and a fairly nice jawline
And my confidence in the way I present myself is high, not to a conceited point tho.

My height :/ at only 5'4
My chest
My "curves" tho I can hide them well

[Jeatyn]

For the sake of not driving myself crazy I'm gonna make this list for "not pregnant" mode

Pros:

I have a square jaw
my ribcage is so big that it sorta cancels out my hips (i look stocky)
I have really muscular legs, my calf muscles especially
I have the same receeding hairline as my brother

Cons:
34DD
Short, 5'3
Petit frame, very small shoulders, size 4 shoe, hilariously small hands that guys make fun of
I gain weight easily and being chubby cancels out most of my pro's, so I gotta be really careful
I have alotta junk in my trunk, mens jeans....no room
I have pretty much no body hair - offset by the fact I can grow a bumfluff moustache, but it just looks ridiculous

[Silver]

Pros: Decently masculine face
Apparently my voice passes well enough, but it sounds pretty bad to me.

Cons: Feminine bone structure (girl hips and thin rib cage.)
Not hairy.
Really thin arms.
Small hands.
Pencil neck.
Chest.
Lack of male. . . equipment.
Only 5'6," 115 lbs now. Pretty thin by my standards.

Hopefully, T will help me solve these problems.

[notyouraverageguy]

Downfalls:
Short
Big thighs
Small hands
Small feet
Small fingers
Short arms
(Basically short &stubby all around)
Chubby cheeks
Female smile
Big moobs
Non-male hairline
Curvy torso
(Love handles)

Boosts:
Hairy
Broad shoulders
Defined jawline
Somewhat masculine face

Apparently my voice &height pass as a young boy.

[Seth88]

Bad things:
Short-5'2
Very small feet-Uk size 4
I would say I am probably quite petite, if I lost a couple of lbs. Of course the massive hips and bum give me away, although I am a huge fan of wearing my trousers halfway to my ankles, which helps a bit.

Good things:
Don't really know for this bit. I quess my size would help me pass as a 12 year old boy probably (I'm 22!).
I guess with the right haircut I like to think I have a boyish face.

[Turtle]

Hmm:

Pro:
Non-feminine attitude
Lots of tattoos
Reasonably straight up and down body, when not carrying too much fat.
Hair like a sheep (ok, I know that's not masculine, but it isn't feminine!)

Con:
Very fine build (narrow wrists etc.)
5'5"
Big bangers (36D)
High-pitched voice.
I basically look like a woman 

[Alessandro]

I can't think of a single pro      I just look awful.  I dress very well, maybe that's a pro?  Actually I do have quite good leg muscles from running.

Cons:
Look like a girl
Big fat hips
Tiny waist
Boobs

[kyril]

Pros:
I'm tall enough, at 5'7".
My feet are just barely big enough, at size 6.5-7 US.
I have big, prominent muscles in my shoulders and neck.
I have a rectangular face with a square jaw, male M-shaped hairline, and prominent chin and not much fat considering my estrogen-dominated hormone balance.
I have a small but visible Adam's apple.
I have veins that protrude in my hands, forehead, and forearms when I get warm or agitated.
My smile, walk, sitting posture, gestures, and mannerisms are naturally androgynous-to-masculine.
I've always had a firm handshake.
I dress fairly well and have found a haircut that suits me.

Cons:
My butt is enormous and spreading by the minute.
My hands and forearms are really, really tiny.
My upper arms look small and flabby even though they're much stronger than the average woman's.
In fact, the entire portion of my body that's covered by a T-shirt and shorts looks flabby.
I've grown saddlebags mysteriously in the last year.
I can't grow remotely passable leg hair - it's so bad I'm better off just shaving.
I have giant freakish saucer-sized areolae and penny-sized nipples as a legacy of pregnancy.
But worst of all, because this can't be covered by clothing or disguised in any way: My voice is unmistakably untouched by even the slightest trace of testosterone. It's not high-pitched, it's actually relatively deep, but it's got that clear bell-like tone without even the slightest hint of male multitonal resonances and vibrations.

Stuff other people would list as cons but I don't care:
I'm nearly hairless.
I have no tattoos, piercings, or body modifications.
I have a fairly small overall build, especially in the shoulders and rib cage. - I used to wear size 34 bras on the smallest hook, and now I wear a size XS binder even with my C-cups and being fairly chubby.
I have a bit of a bubble butt.

Stuff other people would list as pros but I don't like:
I have naturally coarse facial skin.

[Berren]

Pros;
I'm pretty hairy already
Baggy clothing to cover up chest lumps/butt
I have the "man walk" down, plus I sit like a man
I can sometimes get a convincing guy's voice going on
Broad shoulders and a wide-ish neck

Con;
I look younger than I am if I wear tighter fitting clothes
Small nose
Dubious eyelashes
Round face
Big boobs
Biggish ass
I talk in a higher voice if I'm uncomfortable
I "awww" too much over animals
No confidence
I'm only 5"5
Weak
Twig arms

I didn't really know where to put my mannerism either; I kind of react in a soft-ish way to things, and I guess I can be easily offended/upset by something. But in my body language I'm very boyish, and I tend to swear and sniff my nose/'snook up' quite a bit and I get called a pig for doing it lol.

[Farm Boy]

Pros:
Telephone pole-like build
At 5'7" I'm not too short
US Size 9.5 shoes
Long fingers
Somewhat defined jaw
Small but visible adam's apple

Cons:
Narrow waist
Chest, obviously
Voice (low for a female, but doesn't pass)
Feminine hairline
Face/cheeks are too 'full' and feminine

Mannerisms are both good and bad.  My natural walk and everyday mannerisms have always been masculine, but when I get upset/frustrated/angry I cry.

I can't think of a single pro      I just look awful.  I dress very well, maybe that's a pro?

Aw, don't be so hard on yourself.  I don't think you look awful in any of the pictures of you I've seen.  And you are a really snappy dresser.