I was born in the wrong body, with female genitalia instead of male. I knew what was wrong from about two years old, as far as I can recall.
This has been a problem for me all my life, but it might have been easier to bear if being female didn't come along with so many inequalities, like never being default for heroic qualities, and always being default for sluttishness qualities.
There is nothing that will send you into feminism than the constant realisation that you are being treated in a certain way solely via appearance. I became fiercely protective of women's right to be THE HERO, especially in fiction where, at least, the writer's pen could have some control over the world it created, control that is missing in reality.
Tolkien did more to cement my gender discomfort than any other influence in my life. '
because he was a fantastic writer, and he wrote fantastic...
Men.
So my younger self wants to punch your younger self in the face, and isn't it a good thing we've both grown up some? ;)
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Date: 2010-04-19 05:46 pm (UTC)This has been a problem for me all my life, but it might have been easier to bear if being female didn't come along with so many inequalities, like never being default for heroic qualities, and always being default for sluttishness qualities.
There is nothing that will send you into feminism than the constant realisation that you are being treated in a certain way solely via appearance. I became fiercely protective of women's right to be THE HERO, especially in fiction where, at least, the writer's pen could have some control over the world it created, control that is missing in reality.
Tolkien did more to cement my gender discomfort than any other influence in my life. '
because he was a fantastic writer, and he wrote fantastic...
Men.
So my younger self wants to punch your younger self in the face, and isn't it a good thing we've both grown up some? ;)