Thinking Of Doing A'Tootsie'

[Victoria P]

Fascinating experience you have Rachel I'd like to ask more questions some time as to how you were treated and are thought of in general.I know being female is not easy,I can move,walk and gesture as a femme person but it's the voice which is quite deep that I have a problem with,I can only do it for shorts periods of time.

Hugs Vicki xoxo

[5150 Girl]

Well,,,, in this econamy ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I wouldn't provide a fake ID, but if you're full time or are about to go full time, I'd go in and say that you're TG and taht you think that gives you rare insights into the needs of many more people.

And I have to admit, I have thought of doing the Tootsie thing myself. For starters, I don't know if it's just wishfull thinking on my part, but, it seems to me that people respond better to me en-fem than when I'm ugly. Also because with afirmitive action/non-discrimination policies, and what not, I think beeng TG may have it's advantages.

Yea, I see some simularites to Tootsie, however, her name was actuly Dorthy Michals.... Tootsie (actually I think it was just Toots) anyway, was a name a sexist pig called her on the set, to wich, she responed most unfavorably...
And it really wasn't so much a soap gig Dorthy was looking for, as it was ANY GIG.... As Michal Dorcy, he had pissed off every director and writer in town with his ad-libbing and overly opinionated attitude, thus making himself un-hireable.

[Annette Todd]

Well, this is kind of irrelevent to the intended topic but... Dustin Hoffman's character and subsequently inventing Tootsie was to land the job of nanny to his children. The Hoffman (male) character was a voice actor for animated movies and was viewed by the court as being unsuitable. Therefore, the only way he could spend time with the children was to assume the identity of a kinldly older woman. He enden up landing a job as the host of a children's television show. Sorry, I just have seen the show several times.

On topic, then. I have to think there is more to the story concerning your difficulty in finding employment in your chosen field. Maybe there is something in your resume that just doesn't shout "HIRE ME". Try seeking a resume specialist to work up a resume that will get you noticed. Also there are many factors that employers look at that, in my opinion, should be irrelevent to the selection of a candidate who is capable and qualified to do the job. Ie. financial or background. A social service organization is bound to take extreme precation to prevent hiring a potential problem. I have no idea if that may be you and am not trying to imply that. However, you are the best qualified to know what your potential limitations are. If it is strictly your resume, you can fix that.
I would hesitate in presenting to a potential employer anything but a positive and completely honest representation of yourself. Any attempt to desive or misrepresent will spell disaster for you landing the job you want.

As a student of Human Resources, that would be my advice to you Victoria.

You present a lovely feminine image. Enjoy it but don't try to use it to decieve. Than stuff only works in fantasy and the movies.

Best of luck

[michellecd9999]

Annette, I think you are mixing up the movies. The one you described was Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams who impersonnated a female to be with his kids. Tootsie was to land a job in TV.

Funny, I have been looking for a few months for a job since my own business is off. I have been self employed for 15 years, but prior to that spend 20 years with a Fortune 500 company and I have an MBA. I am now in my mid fifties, white and hetero. I have applied at several companies in my industry that I worked in previously, but can't even get an interview. I have told my wife (who does not know about Michelle) that I would probably at least get an interview if I was 10 year younger or a member of some minority, or a female. I jokingly thought about putting my resume on Monster or Careerbuilder with the same experience but claim to be female (use a female name) just to see if I would get some more interest. Then I thought, what if someone was actually interested and wanted an interview. Well, I would just HAVE to tell my wife about my little experiment and to get the job I just HAVE to dressed up, get a wig and be as passable for the interview as I could!! And then, what if they hired me?? I would have to get a whole new wardrobe.... Oh my, what a predicament!! (he-he!)

[Victoria P]

Wow some interesting replies some nice and some not quite so nice possibly on the edge of bitchy perhaps?

I only considered this as I am not at all a dishonest person in the least and know that attempting to pass in every way would be hard with a deep voice like mine,yes I can do the woman voice well but cannot maintain it for that long.

However not to knock my natural femininity as I know it is a part of me,I did consider using my own male name,however now I'm looking at different work.

So those who sent kind words I thank you for your encouragement and those who did not well........go bake a cake or something LOL!!