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>>HFAYOXO6 (OP) I have had fantasies of wanting to become a woman. In my case it's autogynephilia. Whenever I think of wearing women's clothes or having a woman's body, I get extremely aroused. I probably wouldn't do it because I usually feel happy being a man (Usually after I ejaculate the fantasies of being a woman go away). For other people they feel like they are women already and it hurts them to be a man. The prospect of being a man feels extremely unnatural to them whereas the prospect of being a woman feels natural to them. When they act masculine they feel like they are hiding their true selves, so they live their entire lives being fake, that probably hurts a lot. I guess you should ask yourself why you want to be a man, The answer probably isn't "because men have more power, are less likely to be creeped on, are less likely to be raped, are stronger, etcetra", It's probably just because it feels more natural for you to be a man. Lets say as a thought experiment, that the government forced you to dress and act like a woman and if you didn't you'd be punished with fines, short term imprisonment, and corporal punishment. You probably still wouldn't enjoy acting like a woman even if it was advantageous to do so. You'd be doing it because you were forced to do it rather than wanting to do it. Same if you tried forcing a woman to act like a man. Certain areas in trans women's brains are more feminized than in cisgender male brains, which is probably what leads them to have a feminine gender identity. It's a mistake to say they have "women's brains" since other parts of their brains are like normal male brains, but some areas of their brain are more feminine nonetheless. > I get the other direction. I remember watching some video of a trans man breaking down crying because he didn't realize how lonely it was to be a man. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2uz3JJ50erc He also said "I understand why the suicide rate is higher in men", this is a meme. More women attempt suicide than men, the reason why the suicide rate is higher is because men are better at committing suicide than women. Also I can't relate personally because I never feel lonely.

I think I wouldn't enjoy it primarily because I was being forced. Completely different character of thing from not wanting to be a woman because it's an inherently vulnerable state, or due to the bad behavior of men towards women. I think if the government punished me with fines, short term imprisonment, and corporal punishment for acting and dressing a certain way, I would continue to do what the fuck I feel like doing, and if the police try to harass me, try to fight back in such a way that I get killed in an altercation with them rather than rot in jail.

>>flounge-CD819B0D How do you know that gender is innate in the brain rather than, say, socialized?

>>HFAYOXO6 (OP) >>HFAYOXO6 (OP) I think for men larping as women it's mostly just due to how restrictive gender norms are for men, and for women larping as men it's just a way to feel special or get off to autoandrophiia, otherwise the first reply is a pretty level headed response. As for myself I don't want to be a woman but rather I just enjoy the physical comfort of not having a middle seem chafing my balls, and in history we can find many examples of men wearing clothes that today would be considered women only. (I would post visual evidence but it seems this board doesn't allow imagery)