BarbaraTalbot
08-03-2007, 08:46 AM
Both topics would be good for anonymous polls.I thought of starting a thread, but it seemed presumptuous of an interloper. One would be about orientation issues as opposed to gender issues. (yes I know that it's separate, but I'm wondering percentages)
The second is not fully formed in my head as to what all of the possible answers would be, but it has to do with the why or the motivator. This is something as an FtM I cant answer for myself on my own issues, so I know its not a simple answer probably for you boys either.
I am confused myself about my why (as I am gathering a lot of ftm and mtf are.) I sense that for me, my experience is more related to having my "major" be crossdressing coming from repression and as a fetish type activity,with a "minor" in Gender Identity issues.
I am not sure how to frame the question, but basically it is do you boys (individually) have the feeling of being in the wrong body or do you find presenting male pleasurable?
The sense I get from reading is that (most?) of you boys feel like guys inside all the time. That you don't have a feeling of dichotomy? I notice a subset of MtF that also feel that way, they are girls, and have always felt so despite the outer shell.
I notice a part of MtF (and I'm not sure if I am or if I am in denial) are what I think of as recreational crossdressers. We enjoy it, feel almost a second identity while dressed, but still hang on to the male persona too.
Are there similar FtM's that kindof go back and forth? If so, do they not generally have the same issues as their FtM 'recreational- for lack of a better word' counterparts? do they hang out here?
This is already long so I'll quit, before I commit a pronoun offense...~proofread, proofread...cringe, hit post.
The second is not fully formed in my head as to what all of the possible answers would be, but it has to do with the why or the motivator. This is something as an FtM I cant answer for myself on my own issues, so I know its not a simple answer probably for you boys either.
I am confused myself about my why (as I am gathering a lot of ftm and mtf are.) I sense that for me, my experience is more related to having my "major" be crossdressing coming from repression and as a fetish type activity,with a "minor" in Gender Identity issues.
I am not sure how to frame the question, but basically it is do you boys (individually) have the feeling of being in the wrong body or do you find presenting male pleasurable?
The sense I get from reading is that (most?) of you boys feel like guys inside all the time. That you don't have a feeling of dichotomy? I notice a subset of MtF that also feel that way, they are girls, and have always felt so despite the outer shell.
I notice a part of MtF (and I'm not sure if I am or if I am in denial) are what I think of as recreational crossdressers. We enjoy it, feel almost a second identity while dressed, but still hang on to the male persona too.
Are there similar FtM's that kindof go back and forth? If so, do they not generally have the same issues as their FtM 'recreational- for lack of a better word' counterparts? do they hang out here?
This is already long so I'll quit, before I commit a pronoun offense...~proofread, proofread...cringe, hit post.