tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503909463172436296.post8756565754372947080..comments2023-03-25T06:20:12.826-07:00Comments on Beautiful Disaster: Perplexing TranssexingJacob Blankenshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555471643920935747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503909463172436296.post-83512750441988352592008-03-27T13:27:00.000-07:002008-03-27T13:27:00.000-07:00There are many of these texts. And while they are ...There are many of these texts. And while they are all written by intelligent transsexuals, I think none of these individuals so far have come from within this field, and so they lack the specific vocabulary with which to describe this intersession of sex and gender. All of the work to date is moving and provocative, and even well written, but not on this specific topic. The one aspect that they all seem to universally overlook. Describing it more like the way one experiences love, no one can tell you that you're in love, you just feel it through and through, it resonates within you. Perhaps this is as specific as they can get. But I would still argue that "feeling like a woman" is still largely a gender issue. Perhaps it would be easier if we saw men transition into butch lesbians, or women into effeminate men. The transition, instead, seems to produce largely those who are perfectly gendered girly girls, and manly men. It is just SO fascinating. <BR/>And granted, I have no delusions of sexuality being binary, ridged or indelible, and understand that we are all somewhere in the middle realistically. The Kinsey scale of where we fall between sexual attraction to men and women. One would think however , that your position on said scale (attracted equally to both, to one specifically, or somewhere in the middle) would remain somewhat constant through transition. Though, I am sure that hormones play a big role in this too, so who can say. Who are we to place judgments or expectations on the lives of others. And while I don't feel like I do, I do have this deep need to understand. Which may or may not fall into that category.Jacob Blankenshiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555471643920935747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503909463172436296.post-48246232295990493932008-03-27T12:57:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:57:00.000-07:00so eloquent...i do wonder with you being the autho...so eloquent...<BR/><BR/>i do wonder with you being the authority on it (at least compared to anyone else i know), why there aren't more scholarly texts on the personal experience of a transsexual. somehow only the uneducated poor change their bodies? are they just not <I>smart enough</I> to have successfully rationalized themselves out of the need for physical alteration?<BR/><BR/>am i wrong? i definitely haven't read as much as you.<BR/><BR/>in a world where you can 'pass' as the opposite gender, why the NEED to make the real changes? is it the only way to FULLY be accepted as the sex you feel that you are? does it not seem like there is a hatred of your body that you must CUT SOMETHING OFF?!?! i dunno. i'm with you though, i'm curious (but also very supportive!).<BR/><BR/>the transition in sexuality IS also very interesting. there is so much more ambiguity - changing of teams and all.gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965610514216716229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503909463172436296.post-30866371018836410202008-03-26T19:40:00.000-07:002008-03-26T19:40:00.000-07:00Are you pondering this because of the excessive ha...Are you pondering this because of the excessive hair on my upper lip? Dammit!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I have asked the very same questions while watching and reading so many stories. At what point is it about sex, and at what point is it about <I>knowing</I> you're in the wrong body?<BR/><BR/>OMG the thought of waking up with a penis is incomprehensible to say the least. And SO not okay with me. No offense.<BR/><BR/>xoxoCheyennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330617564728468671noreply@blogger.com