Attributes Good and Bad

[Becky Blue]

All of us wether we are CD/TS/TG are GM's that are sometime/alltime/whatevertime trying to look feminine. As GM's we have natural features and attributes that make it easier or harder for us. i would be interested in hearing what you feel are you natural pros and cons, here are some of mine:

Positive characteristics:

Thin arms
Small shoulders and chest
Small feet
Smallish hands
Very feminine lips (apparently i have been told)
Slim
Long legs
Thin eyebrows
Prominent cheekbones
Thinner chin



Negative characteristics

5 Feet 11'
Light skin with dark body hair - not a lot really shows up
Slight middle age spread
Thinning hair (alas not on body)
Male forehead shape
Longer face

[Dana44]

My ex girlfriend was 5'11" I am 5'11 , thin ,long legs and have been told that I have a female face however a three day beard clears that up. Don't have thinning hair but don't like any other hair on my body. But my beard now is mostly white. My hair is getting that way also and I am mid blonde and it does match in with the hair better. So, just an older girl here who looks way younger.

[Teresa]

Becky,
I'm mostly happy with my appearance.
At 5' 7" and about 147lbs, a 37" 31" 37" figure and legs I didn't expect to get so many people to comment on. My feet are just about acceptable a t UK size 8, the problems come with large hands and fairly well muscle toned arms and shoulders but it doesn't stop me showing them.
My facial shape is very similar to my sister and mother, my daughter also has the same features. Rounded cheek bones and a good mouth shape when smiling, I still prefer to rely on makeup to do it's job and a wig does finally take the guy away. I do feel most of us need to bring hair over our forehead and cover the more pronounced male shape, it's a good exercise if you feel you don't look right to try and bring some hair forward , it is very surprising the difference it makes. To me the wig is the make or break, it can make a long thin face look longer or the right style can create a rounder more feminine shape.

[Michelle Crossfire]

I run between 5'11" and 6'0". I don't consider this too much of a problem, as i have seen several taller women in my escapades around town, both drab and femme. Due to working out and a hearty appetite, my size is a bit bigger than the average 6 foot person. I have a young looking face when shaven, so that helps. I have been told i have chicken legs. Facial features i am not sure of. Anyone want to check some of my postings and comment would be helpful. I don't think i do a bad job when makeup is involved. I basically try to work with what i have.

[AnnaMarie]

I'm pretty happy with my appearance. I'd prefer a few less wrinkles of course, better eyesight (for applying make up). I'm quite small and quite skinny, shoulders are reasonable and not too broad. Hands are a give away of my age and I'm starting to get a wrinkly neck which I don't like! But, hey, we've all got something we don't like. I think I look better as a woman than a guy!

[CarolBrown]

Positives and negatives...

I am over 6'1" and have a long beard (both in my opinion the highest of my negatives).
I have long fairly nicely toned legs, that look very good in leggings and/or tights.
I am generally quite slender in general (for my height) and body wise pass quite well (I am a UK 16/18 dress size, although can get into some size 12 skirts).
I have some natural feminine mannerisms.

[sara66]

I am a big lunk. I am 6' & 290lbs, thinning hair. I am not real squishy but a big guy none the less. Ruggedly hansom :heehee:. Makeup does work wonders. Not much on the positive. At lease only wear a size 12w women's shoe.
Sara

[Adriana Moretti]

everyone is beautiful , we are all all are own worst critics ..........

[Lucy23]

Wow, what a peculiar question! I was asked to think about my good attributes in general on several occasions, but I have never even considered it in this way. So here goes nothing :heehee:

Pros:

I have a rather slim figure (UK 14 dress size, although I can get into some size 12)
Long legs
Height (If I were a woman, I guess I would tick this one off as a negative though)

Cons:

Wide shoulders
Rectangular body shape, so no thin waist to speak of
Skin

[Judy-Somthing]

I guess if I wanted to go in public and pass as a women I would be disappointed with being 6" taller than most women and being sz18.
I was at a Halloween party dressed up when I was 35 and some guy said I looked unattractive as a women.
Since I don't go out dressed as a girl I'm OK with the way I look, OK maybe loose 10 lbs. would be nice.

[DIANEF]

Hmm let me see..
For - slimish figure (UK size 12), not too big feet (UK size 8), pretty good legs, nice bum (according to my wife), little body hair, good at make up (I paint so have developed a steady hand), height 5'8'' (average UK womens height)

Against - too prominent chin, eyebags, no really good wig, big hands, probably lots more!

[Stephanie Julianna]

Positives: 5'5", size 8 1/2 women's shoe size, natural 36B bust, oval face, thin arched brows, no visible Adam's apple, small hands, no hair on arms and legs and a soft voice. Negatives, Bald (need a wig), big calves for my height, a bit bow legged, a nose that seems to be growing as I age, Thin lashes, facial hair that keeps growing back except now it's white.

[Sarah Louise]

The positive:

A small nose
Not a particularly strong jaw-line
Small feet for my height (UK size 8)
Slim build
Small-boned
Small chest to hip ratio

The Negative:

Small eyes
Tall for a girl (although not too tall - 5' 10")
My veins stick out on my hands
Light skin with dark hair
male-shaped eye-brows

[Becky Blue]

I had to LOL at DianeF negative - No really good wig hahaha.... that is a lot easier to remedy than most negatives

[DIANEF]

Actually a really good wig costs a LOT of money, when you are closeted like me finding x hundred pounds isn't that easy, especially when your wife wants to see what said money has been spent on.

[Periwinkle]

This is an odd question for me because not all my masculine traits are something I see as bad, and not all my feminine traits are good. But here goes nothing!

Positive: - I've got long legs.
- I'm very thin.
- I have shoulders that are broad enough to be masculine, but narrow enough to not be noticable when I'm crossdressing.
- I look pretty good in cute, baggy sweaters.
- I'm not super hairy yet. So I typically don't have to shave.
- Thanks to my friend helping me out, I got pretty good at make-up in a really short amount of time.
- My self-esteem has gotten a lot better lately, and I've been able to go out dressed a lot more. And I feel more confident now.

Negative: - I have scoliosis, so my ribcage is a bit off-center.
- Thanks to puberty not fully doing it's job, my voice has been stuck at the same pitch since around eigth or ninth grade. (I think I have a hormone imbalance? I don't know?? Everyone just thinks I'm a late bloomer 'cause my parents were, but I should probably get that checked.)
- My hair isn't as fluffy and adorable as I'd like it to be.
- I have extremely sensitive skin. It gets irritated or dry like nobody's business. Acne is also an issue. Uuuugh...

[Becky Blue]

Let me clarify Periwinkle. the masculine traits are only a negative when you wish to be presenting as female.
Dianef, I hear you its the cost justification...so the actual negative is a lack of a huge pile of secret cash..

[Lillyasia]

A lot of my negative male traits have turned out to be good feminine traits.

Lack of bulky muscles so I have thin arms.
Short height but I can wear 4" heels and still be average.
Size 8-8.5 male shoes which traslates into a size 9 or 9.5 womens.
Very girly looking legs. I received this comment at deer camp so it was not a good comment at the time.
And the biggest male con...no body hair!. I mean absolutely none on the body. I have a little under the arms and where no one sees, also on my calves.

[CynthiaD]

Positive: I have a woman's face. No brow ridge, no Adam's apple, full lips.

Negatives: I have massive shoulders and no hips: my waist and hips are the same size.

[Rachael Leigh]

For me my feminine features are
1 long slim legs
2 very thin body hair especially on my arms
3. Pretty blue eyes
Male features
1 tall at 6'2
2 big feet size 11 1/2
3. Big shoulders
4. Thinning hair

[Tracy Irving]

Unfortunately for me, almost everything screams "male". From my chiseled facial structure and rapidly growing full beard to my powerful Adonis-like legs I am stuck with a terrible body. On the positive side, I do like my manicured nails when I let them grow out and once in grade school someone told me I had a rather feminine gait.

[Acastina]

Pros:
Height/weight proportional (6'1"/176#)
Virtually NO facial hair (some electrolysis over the years, daily plucking)
Nice facial skin tone for a senior citizen
Very smooth skin
Very little body and leg hair (shaved for decades)
Next to no chest hair (plucked and shaved as needed)
Realistic small boobs from past medical treatment (walking on eggshells here...)
Versatile singer's voice way up into clear falsetto
Good at emulating mannerisms
Long, slim legs; smooth arms with very light hair and only slight muscularity
Long, slim fingers, albeit on largish hands
Nice nails hand and foot
Long hair that is keeping its color well into senior-citizen years
Androgynous facial features for the most part
I found a very nice smile a couple thousand photos ago...

Cons:
Tall
Broad shoulders and slim hips
The search for my butt continues
Male-pattern baldness (but hanging in there)
Relatively prominent Adam's Apple
Deep natural voice
Largish hands, women's size 13 (US) feet
Bulbous nose (sigh; thanks, Dad)
Default slouch and melancholic scowl (working on both)

In other words, PERFECT! :cheer:

[KimberlyJean]

Pros:

Face like my mother
Feminine legs
When wearing my forms I look a lot thinner up top
No Adam's apple
Great sense of style
Voice not very manly when I don't try


Cons:
Shoulders and back are too broad
Man hands, but they do look better with nails
I am 6' 0" but I like it and rock 4" heels whenever I want. If I was a GG I would still want to be tall. In the south I see women as tall or taller than me all the time.
I am working on speaking using the upper range of my voice but sometimes something deeper slips out
Want to lose more 20lbs
I wish I had more freedom to be me.

[SharonDenise]

Positive characteristics:
short, only 5 feet 6 inches
no five o'clock shadow
don't have to shave my legs
adam's apple not that observant

negative characteristics:
obese

[Becky Blue]

If we got a whole lot of GG's to do the same thing listing their feminine attributes, the lists would be of similar ilk.

[Ashley090]

Interesting question indeed!
As possitive I got okay height of 5'9" which is in male term short here in my country and avarage for females. Naturaly have wider hips (41") and kind of bigger butt (gg's pointed out many times :D ) then usual male. Having 33" waist gives okay hip waist ratio and with pading and corset able to achive nice hourglasss shape :) my chest is broad to be feminine (39") ist kind of sad. But got slim arms and little hands (even younger males have bigger hand then me :D ) and when wear my lace fingerless gloves (gothic style ;) ) they appear even smaller and very girly :) also kind of thin calfs and avarge thights. Most boots fits well. But my feet? Daaamn, wearing 8-9,5 female size. What i dont like is my face, kind of manly, very visible brow ridge. Must wear glasses to break my male face features at least little bit. And having very dark facial hair dont help either but I should not be surpised when have jet black hair ;)

[sometimes_miss]

Positive characteristics which make feeling girly easier:
1. Small genitals so tucking is completely unnecessary.
2. Boobs from having weight fluctuations all my life.
3. Failing eyesight so I don't notice what I look like.
4. A great imagination.

Negative characteristics:
Everything else. I'm built like an NFL lineman.

[Mark B]

I am 5'11" and 165lbs. Shave what's little left on my head. Ex pro bike rider so I been shaving legs arms and just about everything else for a few decades now. Heavy beard so I will sometimes shave in the evening if going out that night.

Pros...
legs
small feet size 8
nice ass, wife's comment
Body hair thin and light

Cons...
heavy gray beard
lost my 6 pack awhile back. now have the mini keg
muscular arms. legs to but the wife thinks they are great
a man face with a big nose
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Heavy

[phili]

Negatives
Lifetime of seriousness from being a divided person in hiding made my smile muscles stiff, but it seems that when I really let myself feel and dress accordingly,
the Positives are-
Feeling peaceful, gentle, inquisitive, energetic, attractive, and generous
and a smile I thought I'd never have

[Christina D]

Advantages
I grow very little facial hair. Even getting stubble takes me 3 or 4 days.
Natually thin eyebrows
Short (5'5")
Smallish feet
Zero hair on chest and back

Disadvantages
Fairly large nose
Very hairy legs and arms
Zero hips
Terrible balance, which makes walking in even the slightest heel next to impossible

[Jenny22]

Positives:
Nice face shape
No adams apple
light, grey whiskers-no shadow
Grey arm and leg hair
Long legs
Decent weight / slim build
Sparse eyebrows-can use brow powder

Negatives:
Old age with ALL of the wrinkles
Largish hands and wrinkled
Large nose
Recessed eyes / large brow bone
No hips / butt
Largish feet
Eye bags and fatty lids
Male voice

A wig and makeup works wonders!

[Abbey11]

+ves
No body hair, even only fluff on my arms and hands
Reasonable legs
Small Adam's apple
Takes about day and half to get any facial stuble
5'10"
Can fit size 8uk women's shoes so possibilities are endless
Decent weight 75kg trying to get it lower
Long fingers, suit long nails

-ves
Frown lines
Acne scares
Male voice
Hooded eyes

As Jenny mentions, wig and makeup are my best friends!

[Becky Blue]

Why do so many of you have no body hair naturally grrrr jealous very!!!

[Beverley Sims]

I was always off to a good start, 5'8" blue eyed and blonde.

Slight build, I was a 98lb weakling.

All good attributes stretched a little bit now.

[Helen_Highwater]

I started to think about my own physical attributes and features and whether they are good or bad. However I then though, actually while I'm a size 18 in tops/dresses and a 16 in skirts/jeans, when I'm dressed with hip and bum padding, forms in etc, my clothes fit me. Not too tight or loose. The arms are the right length, size 8 or 9 shoe depending on the fit/style. So bodily I think, what the heck. Yes my upper arms are moderately large but I know a great many middle aged ladies who carry a bit too much in that area and will give me more than a run for my money.

So from the neck down I don't see anything of a problem. At size 16/18 these days that makes me a stick given the number of stores now selling ladies wear up into size 32 or more.

As for the face. It's not too bad as I don't have a Kirk Douglas style of manly squared jaw or big Adam's apple. I'm also blessed that my beard grows slowly and isn't that thick or dense. While these are positives like many here without the magic makeup brush and wig I'd always look like a man. Even with makeup it's a matter of camouflage, in the same way you do with a tank.

If I had to pick out one thing I'd change or improve it would be I'd loose weight. Shedding a few pounds would I feel make me look a bit younger and who knows, I might go down to a 16 in tops and have to go shopping for new clothes. Let's get Christmas out the way first!

[MissEllie]

Pros

Slim body type generally that includes thin arms and legs
very feminine eyelashes (according to so many people)
blue eyes
very little body hair
small ears
female looking bum (according to my ex-gf)
long and thin fingers


Cons

Im 6"5 (which is annoying when wearing heels)
bushy eyebrows
quite large adam's apple