If you could be a teenage girl, what kind would you be?

[Katelyn-W]

A mix of all four! If I had to pick one though probably the bookworm girl, describes me pretty well .

Our muscle mass is negligable. Especially compared to other animals. Our stamina is lousey. I very much doubt we would have ever chased anything quite so ferocious as a hyeina. In any case, we need to eat the meat of vegitarian animals. Humans are not capable of sustaining a run for more than a few minutes. Our tolerance to heat and cold minimal. Since we lack fur, heat burns us and cold causes us to slow down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

"The persistence hunt may well have been the first form of hunting practised by hominids. It is likely that this method of hunting evolved before humans invented projectile weapons, such as darts, spears, or slings. Since they could not kill their prey from a distance and were not fast enough to catch the animal, the only reliable way to kill it would have been to run it down over a long distance.

In this regard one has to bear in mind that, as hominids adapted to bipedalism they would have lost some speed, becoming less able to catch prey with short, fast charges. They would, however, have gained endurance and become better adapted to persistence hunting.[1] The evolution of the distinctively human sweating apparatus and relative hairlessness would have given hunters an additional advantage by keeping their bodies cool in the midday heat."

Just to give an example, a cheetah can only sprint for about 60-90secs, if it continued to sprint it would die from overheating. A human can run for hours, it is very hard for us to overheat. We have a lot of advantages that aide us with long distance running. I wouldn't base the capabilities of humans today when our society has changed so much, from hunters to settlers.

/offtopic

[ggina]

I don't think of being a non-conformist as being different.

Being non-comformist equals to being different by definition. However, some non-comformists may find that's not true

For me, being a non-conformist is being human.

For me, being human is being all kinds of types, as Heartwood said it well. I knew I should've picked a mixture of all four

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[spacial]

Katelyn-W.

Not sure why someone felt the need to create a category they call persistant hunt for humans. In reality, there are two basic hunting methods, the pursuit and the ambush.

I would dearly love to discuss this further, but it is so off topic and would be completely unfair.


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Being non-comformist equals to being different by definition. However, some non-comformists may find that's not true

For me, being human is being all kinds of types, as Heartwood said it well. I knew I should've picked a mixture of all four

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You are, of course, perfectly correct. 

[Janet_Girl]

I would must definitely be a cheerleader.  Kinda preppy and very girly.

I was the loner bookworm, so if I get to live it over, why not be the opposite. 

Now where are my pom-poms? 

Rah Rah Ree Kick em in the knee.
Rah Rah Rass Kick em in the other knee.

[alexia elliot]

Shy and sweet, naive, but not a bookworm, artsy fartsy, feminine, not sporty, poetry loving, chick flick girl, into cuddling and wearing SO shirts because they smell so good and bring sense of the person when not around, easily hurt by hurting words, forgiving, but that isn't a teenage girl, If I could I would, but the Woman I Am!

[Sarah B]

I did not pick any item in the poll because, I'm a mixture of these three:

• A jockette, a sporty kind of girl who's a bit of a tomboy
• A nonconformist, alternative girl who takes pride in being different
• Shy and sweet, kinda naive, a bookworm who likes being by herself

I never liked girly girly and I still don't, feminine yes, girly girly no.  Then again it would be boring if everyone was the same.  Other traits that I have are being intellectual, love chick flicks, science fiction and who loves being cuddled.

However, I had all those traits listed above when I was a teenager anyway, so nothing has really changed except that now I have a boyfriend who takes care of my other needs.

Kind regards
Sarah B

[Megan]

 I would worn a tight black mini dress, 4-inch high heels, and long blonde hair (with dark roots) with red lipstick. My eyes would had been smoky, and smudged as if I was crying.

I'll still be me inside.

I'm more concern with the 18-21 age group, in this image.

[Lacey Lynne]

Well, first off, I'd sell my soul to be a teenage girl!

Briefly, I choose all four, but for slightly different reasons.

Girly Girl: 

I want to be majorly hot, but I don't want to be a cheerleader, and to heck with the football team, although The Pittsburgh (My hometown!) Steelers of the 1970s rocked my world!

A Jockette:

Swimming is my thing here, but I'm really not a jock.  I work out faithfully though, eat healthily and very much believe in exercising to stay in shape.  Tomboy?  Not me.  I LIKE girls who are tomboys though.  Go figure, but I like many kinds of girls.  In fact, I adore girls/women. 

A Nonconformist:

This is me, ... heart, body and soul.  Part 1960s hippie freak holdover.  Part theoretical physics and pure mathematics buff.  Literature and philosophy aficionado par excellence.  Love ALL kinds of music from all eras but have a peculiar penchant and powerful propensity for good old late-1960s/early-1970s rock and lapse into spontaneous spasms of air-guitar playing to this very day whenever a major rock-out song comes on the radio as is my wont.  Have been a sunbather and skinny dipper for well-nigh 30 years now and have frequented clothing-optional resorts whenver I could.  If I was a teenage girl, I'd be all over that scene.  Finally, I am congenitally and pathologically allergic to rules and authority.  Always was.  Still am.  Proud of that.  This is the main reason I bagged college ... in my senior year even.  Mongering after money is not my idea of the life well spent anyway.  Career?  Not on my time.  I know how to make money, but I don't enjoy it.  The life of academe would have suited me rather well if I had actually had a real career.

Shy Bookworm:

Bookworm?  Me to the max.  Shy?  Not for one second.  However, I cherish time alone to read, write and think. 

Now, imagine the teenage girl described here running around with fairly long, straight hair, mini-skirts or short-shorts, halter tops or cute but close-fitting tops, anklets and sandals, and that would so be me.  Is there such an oxymoron as a classy slut?  If so, I would so be her.  I know, I know ... shameless, but, hey, I can't help it.  Thanks!   

[andream]

I doubt if I'd be that different to how I was as a teenage boy lol. I was a bookworm, but also a rocker, and a dangerously rebellious alcohol and weed fiend lol. My life would have been similar-  just in reverse. I would have fallen in love with a guy - and then got dumped, and then become promiscuous with both sexes - pretty much what I did from my mid teens onwards, after being dumped by my first true love! 

[bunny]

I chose the ultimate girly girl, a cheerleader, or a beauty queen. If I started there I could always go non-conformist and also have a secret bookworm side that few people knew about until I let them in I'm thinking along the lines of Megan Fox. Its far easier to step down the ladder than to climb up it.

[bunny]

I doubt if I'd be that different to how I was as a teenage boy lol. I was a bookworm, but also a rocker, and a dangerously rebellious alcohol and weed fiend lol. My life would have been similar-  just in reverse. I would have fallen in love with a guy - and then got dumped, and then become promiscuous with both sexes - pretty much what I did from my mid teens onwards, after being dumped by my first true love! 

We would have been friends

[katgirl74]

The only thing I know for sure, is I will never be a teenage girl, lol!  As for what kind of Woman will I be?  The best woman I can.

Thank you, I think that is the best response to this poll. My teenage years are behind me, and, frankly, transition is not about reliving those days or acting like some teenager in heat, it is about being the best woman I can. When I transitioned I was 34, and I transitioned as a 34 year old woman, nothing less.

[andream]

We would have been friends

My type of gal  !

[Sarah_aus]

I chose shy and niave, a bookworm, its the closest to who I am, I wouldn't change that I don't think.
I prefer my own company, but then, its a coping mechanism too.
I'd just be me, but born in the right body.
~Tali

[Christine Eryn]

Either a high maintenance prissy chick, or a goth with a ton of eyeliner dressed in all black.

[Northern Jane]

****still shaking head in disbelief **** I would have been in SOOOO much trouble!

[ggina]

...respect the teenager, please.

Long live the teenagers, then!

Actually I didn't live a life of a teenager when I was in my teens, so I obviously don't know what I'm talking about in this thread, but never mind

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[Felly]

I can only see the tomboy as an option, and that's probably as far as I can get anyways. 

[clairezoey]

wow i LOVE this topic !!!!!!!!! =))))))))))

if i be a teenage girl:

1) i will be a very pretty red hair girl =)) ..and i can dye my hair any colours and still im the prettiest girl in the world hahahhahah..i think blonde, black and brunete was all beauty =))...depends on my mood..

2) im not into cheerleding and not into sport, im just a girl that love to fashion and dress up..  i will join cooking club =)))

3) all the sports, handsome guys will love me, and i will heart broken most of them ...hahahhahaah!! so nice....im the type of girl that hard to fall in love and man can easily fall in love with =))..........i will protect my virginty....i will flirt with jack ass guy and seduce them like want to have sex, but i dont give it, and see their sad face because cant have sex with me...that was great!! haaahahahh

4) all the girl want to befriend wit me, because im a nice person..and have a great bff!!

5) oh god , pls make me a teenage girl in heaven =))) hehhehe

[Shynoir]

wow i LOVE this topic !!!!!!!!! =))))))))))

if i be a teenage girl:

1) i will be a very pretty red hair girl =)) ..and i can dye my hair any colours and still im the prettiest girl in the world hahahhahah..i think blonde, black and brunete was all beauty =))...depends on my mood..

2) im not into cheerleding and not into sport, im just a girl that love to fashion and dress up..  i will join cooking club =)))

3) all the sports, handsome guys will love me, and i will heart broken most of them ...hahahhahaah!! so nice....im the type of girl that hard to fall in love and man can easily fall in love with =))..........i will protect my virginty....i will flirt with jack ass guy and seduce them like want to have sex, but i dont give it, and see their sad face because cant have sex with me...that was great!! haaahahahh

4) all the girl want to befriend wit me, because im a nice person..and have a great bff!!

5) oh god , pls make me a teenage girl in heaven =))) hehhehe

Note that all the following is coming from someone who likes girls.

Do you think a "jack ass guy" will be sad and be all sulky? You'll be begging for mercy. Let alone be grateful if he doesn't kill you. What pleasure do you get by this "heart breaking men" thing? You would still consider them as rivals even after transitioning? I'll say you have some screws loose. Understand that guys too are human.

You do not ever deserve to be a girl. You are an embarrassment to the whole MTF community. Please take your sick fantasies elsewhere, susans happens to be a website for mature people to discuss and learn. I personally wish that you, claire, will never get a letter from a therapist. From the way you are going, no worries there. Have a very nice day.

Back on topic, I will post later on. I just had to get the above of my chest. I do apologize.