"What I wasn’t prepared for, when I began injecting testosterone, was the way the filter of my body changed the meaning of the way I spoke, the way I dated, the way I touched and was touched."
Yup. I knew humans would respond differently to me as I started swinging from "mostly (incorrectly) read as female" to "mostly (incorrectly) read as male", but I hadn't braced myself for "animals who are scared of men will be scared of you". It helps a little that it's so very definitely not personal. I met a dog who had only been mistreated by people who smelled like I smelled.
Overturning female stereotypes, such as the idea that women enjoy cooking, had given the old McBee transgressive cred, but post-transition, those same things seemed like reflexive male behaviour.
And this. (I'm NOT a brony. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with guys liking MLP:FiM as such, just with the guys who invade little girl fannish spaces and ignore the little girls' boundaries/safety and whine that too much merchandise for this children's show is targeting children. But I like G1 MLP, and that's because those are the plastic horses I liked when I was a little girl and I still think they're cool now I'm a very large non-girl. See also: He-Man.) It's a great opportunity to examine whether I am liking things because I like them or to conform to or transgress against or avoid a stereotype, though.
McBee had grown up playing with a snot green He-Man and a Masters of the Universe castle, while his half-sister had a pink She-Ra castle
ahahahaha I read that after I mentioned He-Man in this comment. I didn't have the castle (the pony one or the He-Man one) but I had Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power dolls (I didn't have She-Ra herself) and liked both.
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Date: 2019-05-26 11:23 am (UTC)"What I wasn’t prepared for, when I began injecting testosterone, was the way the filter of my body changed the meaning of the way I spoke, the way I dated, the way I touched and was touched."
Yup. I knew humans would respond differently to me as I started swinging from "mostly (incorrectly) read as female" to "mostly (incorrectly) read as male", but I hadn't braced myself for "animals who are scared of men will be scared of you". It helps a little that it's so very definitely not personal. I met a dog who had only been mistreated by people who smelled like I smelled.
Overturning female stereotypes, such as the idea that women enjoy cooking, had given the old McBee transgressive cred, but post-transition, those same things seemed like reflexive male behaviour.
And this. (I'm NOT a brony. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with guys liking MLP:FiM as such, just with the guys who invade little girl fannish spaces and ignore the little girls' boundaries/safety and whine that too much merchandise for this children's show is targeting children. But I like G1 MLP, and that's because those are the plastic horses I liked when I was a little girl and I still think they're cool now I'm a very large non-girl. See also: He-Man.) It's a great opportunity to examine whether I am liking things because I like them or to conform to or transgress against or avoid a stereotype, though.
McBee had grown up playing with a snot green He-Man and a Masters of the Universe castle, while his half-sister had a pink She-Ra castle
ahahahaha I read that after I mentioned He-Man in this comment. I didn't have the castle (the pony one or the He-Man one) but I had Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power dolls (I didn't have She-Ra herself) and liked both.