What's it like being your gender?

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What's it like being your gender?

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SquirrelGirl · F

its fine most of the time... i mean how often do you actively think about it anyway ?

Rokasu · 36-40, M

@SquirrelGirl It's put in my face maybe 50% of the time with either gender so I guess all the time?

sassypants · 36-40, F

Life would be easier as a man. Men are more easily accepted in society. We have to work harder than a man to advance in our career and still receive less pay. Periods are the worst and try carrying a child for 9 months while your body is stretched and pumped full of hormones.

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Spracer

@sassypants Yes it is. I would open all of yours too.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@Spracer Lol. You're not lying.

Spracer

@GeistInTheMachine Lol.

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

Honestly I’d rather be a man. They have it so easy. Women have to have their periods, give birth, breastfeed. None of that is enjoyable. It’s fuking hell tbh

SW-User

I agree with you lol. @Jenny1234

iamnikki · 31-35, F

Pressure to have kids just because I'm able isn't fun. Making less because of my gender isn't fun. Periods aren't fun. Unwanted male attention isn't fun. I could go on but I'll stop there.

Bad4U · 22-25, F

well i always imagined it rather inconvenient to have something vulnerable and squishy dangle around your crotch, so i am fine.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@Bad4U God is trying to Patch/Update that, but Evolution takes a [b]really[/b] long-ass time.

LucyFuhr · 56-60, F

I've benefitted from being a woman in ways I never could've, as a man.
That alone has made it a positive experience.

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LucyFuhr · 56-60, F

@GeistInTheMachine A lot of women [b][i]do[/i][/b] disagree; I can only speak for myself.

bijouxbroussard · F

@GeistInTheMachine I suspect a big part of that is being a member of the dominant racial group (if the avi is a clue). In Western society, anyway, white women are among its most valued..

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@bijouxbroussard Yeah, that's usually one aspect of it, especially in the US.

I wrote this pertaining to that on another post here:

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It is also a question of era and social class and looks.

Women in the past were denied much, but in the more modern and civilized parts of the world, women have a ton of financial as well as social, and societal capital.

For example, in the US, on average, women of the dominant racial group get lighter sentencing that their peers for the exact same crimes. This is especially true if they are female, conventionally attractive, and young enough.

Women who fall within that specific social/racial hierarchy are shown more attention when they are in danger or missing, too.

Finally in the US and other similar parts of the Westen world, women control huge amounts of spending power.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I really have nothing to compare it to, but it’s often been inconvenient to be female. However, I’m not sure I’m up to what I’ve seen male friends and relatives have to deal with, either.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@bijouxbroussard That's quite fair.

BlueVeins · 22-25

floppy

SW-User

I like being male, but admittedly being gay makes it a bit weird sometimes. I don't feel like I should've been female, but sometimes I think my life would be easier if I were. At least in one major way. 🤷‍♂️

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@SW-User What you are saying makes sense to me.

AmbivalentFriability · 26-30

Not a fan.

SW-User

It's great mostly except the hormones during teens were a horrendous nightmare, so glad that's all gone

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@SW-User I dunno. I miss having super high testosterone, even if I was horny all the time, lol. At least these days I can do something about that.

I want to learn nutritionally and supplementally maximize my testosterone. The more the better.

Iwillwait · M

Same as you.

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Iwillwait · M

@Rokasu your Male?

Rokasu · 36-40, M

@Iwillwait I am all the genders.

Iwillwait · M

@Rokasu how is that? Is that Gender Fluid?

SW-User

Miserable.

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SW-User

@GeistInTheMachine It may not be the same experience for all girls but for me it has been miserable from babyhood on for reasons I don't really want to disclose publicly. Also if you are a female and you are strong and independent it does not sit well usually.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@SW-User I'm sorry for your suffering. Hang in there, please.

SW-User

@GeistInTheMachine Thank you. I appreciate it.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

A lot easier than being a woman, for sure.

But lacks some of the same perks of being an average attraction First World woman in the Modern Era.

But I'd say it's worth the tradeoff.

I'm grateful I was born the gender I identity with. Wouldn't trade it for the world.

I'm glad women exist, but I am equally glad I am NOT one.

Jokekilla · 26-30, M

Ehh, 50/50 i mean I have a penis and I don’t get periods 😌 suck on that ladies 🤓 but the toxic masculinity is STRONG and sometimes some men make me hate all men. So there’s that.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

@Jokekilla "Toxic Masculinity" is overblown and it's part of an agenda to get us and women to dislike ourselves and other men.

This is not healthy for society. Women and Men are meant to be together, work together and complement each other.

There are many myriad examples of Toxic Femininity as well, especially in these current times, but that is no excuse to foment dislike and extreme distrust towards women.

The bad qualities all people and groups may have should not define or castigate them all as a whole.