Transwomen: "Guy" activities you enjoyed

[Michelle789]

For all of the MTF TS here, regardless of where you are in your transition, even if you are still figuring yourself out, many of us were good at hiding our true selves, and we joined the military, joined traditionally male occupations, played sports, etc..., while others had difficulty in creating a successful male persona and the girl within shined through. Even then we might have still been good at, or enjoyed stereotypical male activities.

1. What are some stereotypical male activities that you were good at, but didn't truly enjoy? You could fake being good at it, but if given the choice to stop participating in the male activity, you would stop.

2. What are some stereotypical male activities that you truly enjoyed? Not only were you good at it, but you genuinely enjoyed it.

3. Of any of the activities in #2, are there any that you used to genuinely enjoy before you started your transition, and now you have lost interest in it as you progressed in your transition?

[Kimberly Kael]

1. Nothing I can think of. I was never very good at suppressing my identity and gravitated mostly to things I genuinely enjoyed.

2. I've always been fascinated by science and technology. I think I benefitted tremendously from not being told as a little girl that I shouldn't be interested in these things, and so I built a career around my passions. I also fell in love with the potential to use technology for entertainment. From special effects and computer generated imagery to video games, I enjoyed learning about and experiencing the best modern innovation had to offer.

3. My tastes and interests haven't really changed except in limited ways. Learning about and experiencing more of our culture's propensity to belittle and discriminate, I've come to understand how some forms of entertainment reinforce negative social messages. I've never enjoyed mean-spirited violence as a form of entertainment, but I see it in more places than I used to.

[DeeDee1974]

I was going to say golf. Which I was and still am decent at post transition. But my ex-wife is still better than I ever was and she's nearly 20 years older than me.

Golf is really a gender neutral hobby. So there goes that. So nothing. Nothing about me ever made me feel like one of the guys.

[Angela Campbell]

I was never much interested in the things that are often thought of as "guy" activities. I drifted towards music and other things that are not considered to be an activity for just one gender.

My interest have changed little, since I started this, but there are a few I do have that are a little new to me, such as going out more.

[janetcgtv]

I like to watch sports(no boxing or wrestling) and was no good at playing any of them(bench warmer on high school football team that didn't win ONE game). IN the NFL , I keep track of the tiebreakers. I like video gaming(star wars battlefront 1 only), monopoly. I like computer programming and science. Now days , women are very good in science and computer programming. Most of my regular activities are gender neutral(like crosswords and jigsaws). Since someone wrote about golf, I shot 140 for 18 holes consistently.

I also rode a Harley Electra glide (1200 cc's) but lost interest in it . Just wanted to ride.

[Rachel Smith]

I was not particularly good at any of them above average at everything but didn't really excel at any.

1.Hunting

2 Bowling, being a motorhead (wow does that statement date me lol)

3 Both and hell I am too old now anyway lol

Gardening is now my speed

[Kaitlyn Michele]

I had a 201 bowling average before I transitioned...

I quit the leagues for some reason... the other day I picked up a ball for the first time in over 5 years... I bowled a couple games with my dad and kids and my last game was a 298!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I missed a perfect game on the last shot..

maybe bowling is a "girl" thing??

I was good at guy things...and I still am

I can honestly think of nothing that I am not as good at as a woman or like less except feats of strength...

[PretzelGirl]

That's awesome Kaitlyn! The tough thing on those is the nerves and if you haven't been there in a while, they get greater. So that says a lot about getting the front 11.

I was a bowler too. Lots of leagues and tournaments. Started getting arthritis in the wrist and bagged it (pun intended). I went out to the garage this spring and two of my bowling balls were sitting out of the bag and were cracked all the way around and to the core. I guess if I ever start up again, I will need some new ones as I suspect they will all be like that now.

[mbmeen12]

1. What are some stereotypical male activities that you were good at include (military), but didn't truly enjoy? Ans: None I always enjoyed activities at least I was not doing chores or working.

2. What are some stereotypical male activities that you truly enjoyed?
Ans: Baseball, football, fishing, target practice, trap shooting, metal detecting, treasure diving, archery....

3. Of any of the activities in #2, are there any that you used to genuinely enjoy before you started your transition, and now you have lost interest in it as you progressed in your transition?
Ans: None, (well said Kim) I just need time to enjoy life since I am still in military working my butt off. Then I can go to next level for GID symptoms....
Kara

[LeaP]

This question must come up 10 times per year. The answers are predictable, many commenting that interests aren't really tied to gender. The stereotype angle always seems two-headed to me. One might assume the asker has compensating behaviors in mind. On the other hand, asking if the "male" interests have disappeared plays into validating the stereotypes.

In any event, I'm staying on the strictly superficial side of things. mbmeen12's response, by way of my reaction, briefly gave me some relief. THANK GOD, I thought, that I've always detested baseball and football, thought fishing a little silly, and would never have wasted my time treasure hunting. I won't even share my thoughts about metal detecting. I was in the Navy, but totally sucked at that - they wanted to tell me what to do! (With apologies to any Marine colonels hereabouts, but to my mind, the embodiment of arrogant privilege is wrapped up in one such, as experienced on a sunny summer day outside of a base Dining Hall. "Hiya" I said casually, as he walked by and I went back to my business. But I digress ...)

Damn, I thought, I do like target shooting and archery. Saved, though, because my wife likes to shoot, too, and archery has lots O' female connotations. (Think Amazons - the mythical warriors, not the online bookstore genre.)

Just when I was feeling all justified and happy, I remembered that though I think baseball is a bore, that I love hockey, being fast and bloody as it is. If I don't like treasure hunting, digging a weak signal out of a pileup (ham radio) is endlessly fascinating. And did you know what an interesting world is out there in the area of tactical tomahawks? Or how absorbing steam engine valve gear theory can be? All the stuff you can make with a mini-lathe?

Wow.

I may stop my HRT and get a script for testosterone. I feel stronger just reviewing my hobby bookmarks!