Do you think that it is harder for people born with a female body to know whether they are transgender/transexual?
Because in a lot of ways it is "normal" for girls and women to "crossdress" or even act very boyish.
So even if you question yourself you can be told, or tell yourself "oh well.. I'm just being a normal boyish girl".
Wheras men, average straight "manly men" at least, are expected to act in a certain way, so the "gender divide" is clearer.
So in some ways they can tell and feel more easily when they are stepping over that line....
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I was thinking about this when I was reading a thread in the transexual forum about "Do you just KNOW?" it struck me that, even though it is very hard for anyone to know... it could be especially hard for people born with a female body to know... even if they do "know", they are likely to doubt themselves.
It would be nice to get that feeling that some talk about... "one day, I just knew!" ... sometimes I DO feel that (I'm definitely a boy)... but then I argue against it with my "sensible side". It can happen the other way too "Ok, you're just a weird girl.. now get on with it..."... "but if that was true then you wouldn't feel this, or this....etc"
Btw... I know that some people don't ever doubt themselves... and just know one way or another. But I suppose that could be down to different personality types.
Owch... bit thoughtful for a Thursday afternoon... meant to be working on my illustrations here, tut tut!....*shakes the brain-ache away*
.... Back to work!!!
[Edit: Ooops, oh my goodness! just realised that this question is a bit hard to follow! I'm sorry! What a thicky!
I should have made it clear that the 1st half roughly relates to being transgender/transexual...
And the 2nd half is really just roughly related to being transexual!]