I've felt skeptical towards gender roles in general for a long time; now I can't help but think that they seem to be good for some people, and maybe I jumped the gun.
Now the skepticism comes through in questions like "Am I really that feminine? I'm certainly less girly than an MTF is 'supposed' to be." and "Is the inconvenience of transition really necessary? Maybe I can just re-label myself and use my imagination."
Further consideration tells me that maybe "skepticism" is the wrong word (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial and, less sarcastically but of equal seriousness, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stages_of_grief)
I totally empathize with being 'confused about where one falls on the spectrum.' This may be particularly common in the intersection of our generation and subculture. At least that's what I've been gathering. And so, I've concluded that it isn't a behaviour problem - I can behave as I see fit - the problem is one of body. Gender is an issue, but sex is too.
I want to get together with other "rogue transgender" types: people who don't particularly want to "invert their gender and turn up the contrast" so to speak. Labelled/unlabelled was good for that. Do you want to get some coffee - maybe bring along any other genderfucked people you know?
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Now the skepticism comes through in questions like "Am I really that feminine? I'm certainly less girly than an MTF is 'supposed' to be." and "Is the inconvenience of transition really necessary? Maybe I can just re-label myself and use my imagination."
Further consideration tells me that maybe "skepticism" is the wrong word (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial and, less sarcastically but of equal seriousness, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stages_of_grief)
I totally empathize with being 'confused about where one falls on the spectrum.' This may be particularly common in the intersection of our generation and subculture. At least that's what I've been gathering. And so, I've concluded that it isn't a behaviour problem - I can behave as I see fit - the problem is one of body. Gender is an issue, but sex is too.
I want to get together with other "rogue transgender" types: people who don't particularly want to "invert their gender and turn up the contrast" so to speak. Labelled/unlabelled was good for that. Do you want to get some coffee - maybe bring along any other genderfucked people you know?