• Dragonfruit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    4 months ago

    I genuinely thought this was true in middle school and got confused when my friends didn’t want that (it was still true for me though I’m totally cis you can tell by the way I am)

    • squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      0·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, I was pretty much convinced of the same thing while still in school: How could my class mates not want to change their gender? It’s the most amazing thing in the world to do! Who would say no to that?

      • vga@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        3 months ago

        If it was temporary then sure why not for a day or a week. As a permanent decision with the current level of technology, I don’t see the point at all.

  • Ugly Bob@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    4 months ago

    Sorry, nope. Do not want.

    Specifically, do not want the following:

    • menstruation, cramps, PMS etc
    • beauty and dress standards
    • condescension
    • social expectations of conduct
    • lower pay and sometimes a hostile work environment (can go for anyone depending on the job - see male nurses)
    • clothing without pockets - you can take my cargo pants from my cold dead hands.

    Do want (but does not in any way make up for above):

    • more colors and patterns in my clothes
    • giving birth is kinda cool
  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 months ago

    If this is a joke, I don’t get it. A lot of people don’t really care much about what their gender is

    • null@slrpnk.net
      1·
      4 months ago

      The joke is that the “egg” is under the impression that they are cis and that every cis male must have those same feelings.

  • Smorty [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    0·
    4 months ago

    I mean that should be pretty obvious. Why would you want to have an oily face? Why would anyone want to look like a rectangle and look like an ogre? For real tho, who?

    EDIT: changed likw to like (written in italic 🇮🇹🥖🥐)

  • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    4 months ago

    How did you all figure this out for yourself? I mean, what made it click?

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      Define “figure out.” I figured out I disliked being male by considering what I liked and disliked about myself. All the positives were more feminine or neutral, while all the negatives were masculine or masc coded. I decided on NB, but it still felt off. I didn’t want to be considered male, but I didn’t know if I wanted to be female.

      For years I couldn’t parse my feelings when I imagined myself as a woman. I felt better, but I struggle with even identifying emotions, so it wasn’t clear enough to convince me. Eventually, I imagined myself as a mother: being pregnant, giving birth, raising a child that was my own. It felt so euphoric that I broke down crying because I knew I could never go back.

      I still took another 5-6 months to start the process of coming out. I was still uncertain and terrified when I finally took the leap of faith. I was on death’s door mental health wise. I realized I could not carry on any longer as a man, yet it still took so much effort to make the best decision I’ve ever made.

      It was night and day. I never thought I could be so happy or love life like that. It’s a miracle that I made it 23 years feeling like I wasn’t alive.

    • Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      4 months ago

      I knew something was up when a friend came out to me and I realised it was possible to be something other than your assigned gender.

      5 years later, I’m reading an article about a non-binary person and bam, it all made sense.