How do I concentrate and mentally "people watch" because I want to be able to observe what other people do, especially women my age. I am observationally challenged right now. But I want to learn how to be more feminine.

  Yeh I know what you mean. I have also become very aware that I am spending quite a bit of time people watching, trying to identify small differences between myself and women. Women seem to do almost everything different. I suppose friends of the gender you are trying to identify with is a good way because they won't punch you on your nose if you are starring at them. I have noticed a videos on the internet that have helped. There are also people out there that offer training courses but that costs money. All I will say is just be sensible and don't do anything that could get you into trouble.

The easiest way is to go to a large shopping centre and sit at a bench, maybe take a magazine or something so you look as if you are waiting for someone.

Then watch, don't stare, just look around every few minutes and try and see how people inter-relate. How women your age act, dress, talk. How women react to women, see who makes eye contact, see how men tend to occupy space etc.

Maybe move around every now and again

I'm still pretty new with a lot of these. What is a list of sorts of things I should look for?

Wear a pair of dark or mirrored sunglasses and have a book or device in your lap.  Watch for what intrigues you about human behaviors.

What do you see that relates to gender or is it style and deportment that floats your boat?  Life comes with lots of moving parades going by all the time, enjoy yourself

Agreed dark glasses are your friend for people watching. Also, an outdoor cafe or coffee shop. You will see a lot of people coming, going and walking past.

Quote from: redhot1 on July 05, 2016, 04:22:29 AM
How do I concentrate and mentally "people watch" because I want to be able to observe what other people do, especially women my age. I am observationally challenged right now. But I want to learn how to be more feminine.

Hmm, After i began to really consider i was transgender i just do it by instinct,

But yep do as people suggest, sunglasses is perfect and also if you are not in australia it´s summer so it´s easy to find a park or cafe or the beach where you can sit and read or just relax and watch people.

Quote from: redhot1 on July 05, 2016, 10:55:08 AM
I'm still pretty new with a lot of these. What is a list of sorts of things I should look for?

Well its everything. Women don't put their hands in their pockets so what do they do with them? When they walk their lower arms angle outwards a little to avoid either their hips or handbag but some trans over exaggerate it to much which is unnatural. Women talk forever, how they do it I don't know but they do. They cross their legs differently to men. When they sit down they keep their legs together and not apart like men do. Their general body posture is better than a mans, a man slouches and rolls his shoulders.
The trick is not to just look at women but also look at men and notice the differences, its best to watch a couple walking along together and see how the interact.

Quote from: redhot1 on July 05, 2016, 10:55:08 AM
I'm still pretty new with a lot of these. What is a list of sorts of things I should look for?

It´s hard to pinpoint every single thing you look for, myself i look for their mannerisms , how they sit, how they walk and stand, talk, interact with people and handle themselves.

As above one thing i have noticed about myself is that i sit like a man, spread the legs and slag , also i walk with my arms straight down. Iv been told that women by instinct walk with a bit of bend, it´s said to be their internal mother instinct, not sure if it´s true tho

Oh, and i forgot youtube and also live webcams, You can use those to "people watch".

When i was younger i used to watch people very closely and observe there behavior and personality's
It was my strange way of trying to understand a world that at that time i felt like didn't fit into (In many different ways) I never observed anything about a persons gender so i couldn't say but i can tell you something that helped me it wasn't so much using my eyes but instead it was listening. I guess to you it may be both but listen to people like you listen to music if that makes sense, not in a creepy way though, make sure you don't over do anything.

Quote from: wendylove on July 05, 2016, 04:03:52 PM
The trick is not to just look at women but also look at men and notice the differences, its best to watch a couple walking along together and see how the interact.

One of the first things I wanted to learn from people watching was walking. I found it very helpful to walk behind couples, such as outside on a sidewalk. I watched the woman in front of me, then the man, and then I thought about how I am walking. Am I walking more like the woman or the man? If I'm more like the man, what is the woman doing differently than her partner? Then I would try to mimic that. After a while, I noticed that many women walk in different ways, but with some commonalities, and I learned to recognize those commonalities quicker and imitate them.

Naturally, I would keep a distance between myself and the couple I'm shadowing, and I wouldn't shadow them for too long before switching to shadowing a different couple.