GenderLife Forum: The Information Exchange

My therapist, told me that as time went by , you will become more comfortable being out in public. One thing to always do is smile alot. It can really break the tension if someone is staring at you. Sometimes it doesn't work with guys. I think some men don't know how to smile.

Being as tall as I am, I get stared at alot. Most of the comments I overhear." That is a tall woman"

The area I live in, most women dress in jeans, and some type of blouse. Now and then You will see a lady with a skirt. I wear a lot of turtlenecks or mock turtlenecks. I also, wear a lot of scarves,helps to cover adams apple. Plus it is very european.

My apologies to my friends in the Southern Hemisphere. September is obviously Spring not Fall! I was in too much of a hurry to get out the door this morning and didn't do a good job of proofreading before I pressed the "Submit" button!

No problem Fey. I'm glad I helped in some way!
As we say in NZ: Kia Kaha! (stand strong/tall!)

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Everyone just step back, calm down and get back to the discussion at hand.


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I agree with Fey's therapist. A lot of us basically become 12 year old girls. A lot of factors add to that. The physical changes of going through puberty, learning makeup, clothing, learning to acting like women, learning to deal with the emotional effects of a hormone wash, learning to deal with the opposite sex, learning about the social place of women in society.
A teenagers statement of "I'm not a child, treat me like a woman," seems pretty darn close to "I'm not a man, treat me like a woman."

It takes a teenage girl a number of years to grow into a woman. Heck, some take decades it seems. We may be able to compress that time, but heck, I've not seen many who blossom in the year it takes to go from starting out to surgery (in the US.)

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Yes, a smile will usually disengage someone's hostility towards you. And as transsexuals, we need to do as much as we can to assuage the general public's learned prejudices towards us. More flies are caught with honey than vinegar.

Leforge is a righteous dude.

Word!

I think a good exercise would be watching men and women together. Compare. You'll get a pretty good idea of social manner differences. :-)