Ophelia D'Void
08-03-2005, 02:35 PM
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Most Feminine = 10
Androgynous= 0
Masculine= 10
The hypothesis behind this is that each of us falls on one side of the chart, either with "manly" men falling in the high range on the far right, and "feminine" women falling into the high range on the far left of the above chart. This would represent their starting range.
As MTF CD's, the more masculine of us would be somewhere between Androgynous and Masculine, probably in the 4-8 range on the right, maybe for FTM CD's somewhere in the 4-8 range on the left.
At least for myself, I find that alot of my interests in guy mode fall in the toward the more manly pursuits, such as welding, shooting, knifemaking, martial arts, Tarantino movies, and popping little kids' balloons (j/k with the Tarantino movies, except for the Kill Bill series).
En femm, I used to go super girly and find myself attracted to styles that would be considered much more girly, such as thigh-highs, skirts, long hair, high heels, etc. etc. (nowadays, I'm not sure.... not sure how girly latex and pvc is).
Growing up I wasn't much of a manly guy (never really could get into sports), so I'll venture saying I was probably a 6 or so on the chart.
Imagine a pendulum hanging over the 6 spot on the chart. We are pushed (or push ourselves to conform) to be the epitome of manliness.... somewhere in the 11 range if we're using the Spinal Tap scale. Julie M. posted a while back that cultures that are more male dominated have a higher prevalence of crossdressers than other cultures, so maybe they even push it to a 12?
0-----2-----4-----6-----8-----10
The farther we're pushed away from our natural number, the higher the rebound we have. In the case of some people that are "effeminate", they are closer to the midpoint (0) and thus the more emotional they are (and thus connect better with people on the left side of the chart).
However, when we try to emulate women, we go too far to the left, when in actuality women are many times leaning toward the midpoint as well, maybe in backlash to the female templates that were forced upon them to be perfect 10's as well, when no one is a 10 on either side of the board to begin with. So in effect, we're trying to be like the ideal of women, when women themselves are trying to distance themselves from that.
Ya, I know the hypothesis has alot of holes in it, but I'm still working on it. Just try to look at it with an open mind before you get defensive, as this is not meant to offend anyone.
p.s. Don't mean to start meddling into your field of expertise Kewt, just throwing out an idea I was playing with.
Most Feminine = 10
Androgynous= 0
Masculine= 10
The hypothesis behind this is that each of us falls on one side of the chart, either with "manly" men falling in the high range on the far right, and "feminine" women falling into the high range on the far left of the above chart. This would represent their starting range.
As MTF CD's, the more masculine of us would be somewhere between Androgynous and Masculine, probably in the 4-8 range on the right, maybe for FTM CD's somewhere in the 4-8 range on the left.
At least for myself, I find that alot of my interests in guy mode fall in the toward the more manly pursuits, such as welding, shooting, knifemaking, martial arts, Tarantino movies, and popping little kids' balloons (j/k with the Tarantino movies, except for the Kill Bill series).
En femm, I used to go super girly and find myself attracted to styles that would be considered much more girly, such as thigh-highs, skirts, long hair, high heels, etc. etc. (nowadays, I'm not sure.... not sure how girly latex and pvc is).
Growing up I wasn't much of a manly guy (never really could get into sports), so I'll venture saying I was probably a 6 or so on the chart.
Imagine a pendulum hanging over the 6 spot on the chart. We are pushed (or push ourselves to conform) to be the epitome of manliness.... somewhere in the 11 range if we're using the Spinal Tap scale. Julie M. posted a while back that cultures that are more male dominated have a higher prevalence of crossdressers than other cultures, so maybe they even push it to a 12?
0-----2-----4-----6-----8-----10
The farther we're pushed away from our natural number, the higher the rebound we have. In the case of some people that are "effeminate", they are closer to the midpoint (0) and thus the more emotional they are (and thus connect better with people on the left side of the chart).
However, when we try to emulate women, we go too far to the left, when in actuality women are many times leaning toward the midpoint as well, maybe in backlash to the female templates that were forced upon them to be perfect 10's as well, when no one is a 10 on either side of the board to begin with. So in effect, we're trying to be like the ideal of women, when women themselves are trying to distance themselves from that.
Ya, I know the hypothesis has alot of holes in it, but I'm still working on it. Just try to look at it with an open mind before you get defensive, as this is not meant to offend anyone.
p.s. Don't mean to start meddling into your field of expertise Kewt, just throwing out an idea I was playing with.