I'd certainly agree with that theory.
My mother used to say that she took me to the doctor back when I was a toddler because she thought I liked playing with dolls too much. When I was, I think, about 4, I dragged mum and dad up and down Oxford Street ( London) to look at pretty dresses for mummy. I was 5 when I asked a neighbouring little girl of about my age if I could try on her pretty party dress. When I was 9-ish I used to grab my sister's comics as soon as they arrived simply because I liked reading them. At about 10 I found an older cousin's blue eyeshadow and played with it.....etc!!!
(17-03-2018, 11:16 AM)Pansy-Mae Wrote: [ -> ]I'd certainly agree with that theory.
My mother used to say that she took me to the doctor back when I was a toddler because she thought I liked playing with dolls too much. When I was, I think, about 4, I dragged mum and dad up and down Oxford Street ( London) to look at pretty dresses for mummy. I was 5 when I asked a neighbouring little girl of about my age if I could try on her pretty party dress. When I was 9-ish I used to grab my sister's comics as soon as they arrived simply because I liked reading them. At about 10 I found an older cousin's blue eyeshadow and played with it.....etc!!!
I can so relate to that! the Only toy I have from my childhood since I was 4 years old is a little plastic doll I used to play with all the time, she went everywhere with me, i have no idea Why for some reason this doll was acceptable for a young "boy" to play with everything else was denied or I was physically beaten for, perhaps the amount I loved her was a step to far even for their cruelty? (I think the fact that I had my grandparents blessing helped though, since it was my Nan that gave it to me)
She`s been all over the world with me, always hidden in my dresser or the back of a cupbord or something, and never something that ever made me consciously consider I was trans. Until one day it did!
now she sits with pride of place ontop of my dresser and looks after my jewelry for me (the top lifts off).
I mentioned her in another post a long time ago, maybe do a search for "pink lady" will show something?
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Looking back now, there are Soooo Many give-away clues that I was a girl all along, it amazes me how I (or others) never spotted it!? LOL xx
I read this article, and of course this theory is accepted by a great many. I must admit that it leaves me wondering what, indeed, it means for me if true. I lived about half a century rarely, very rarely, imagining being anything other than male. Then my thinking slowly began drifting in another direction. More than a decade later, I think about it almost all of the time when I am not focused on something else. I finally started to do something about it, with a certain amount of uncertainty I must admit. I know I am happiest when taking estradiol, and wish I could snap my fingers and have family, friends, and the world in general accept me as whatever I might become.
So, if transgendered people are "born that way," what does that mean for me? I do not know, and would greatly appreciate any insight.
(17-03-2018, 01:14 PM)spanky Wrote: [ -> ]So, if transgendered people are "born that way," what does that mean for me? I do not know, and would greatly appreciate any insight.
well I wouldn`t call it "insight" exactly, more of a guess really, but I would imagine that since the T delivery during gestation isn`t a binary On/Off thing, that there will be a range between the 2, like a dose in milligrams kinda thing. so if someone only had a Little bit of T missing they may be a crossdresser, someone that missed all of it may end up fully transsexual, and every wonderful variation between!
the Other factor (just to complicate things even more) is the Timing oif that T dose as well! like supose we`re sensitive to the T for a 2 week period, and that`s our window to fully masculinize 9is that even a word?), what would happen if your T dose was a week late? or it switched off a week early? add that to the Amount variable it`s a wonder there`s any Cis people at all! LOL
maybe there Aren`t actually any cis people? perhaps we`re all trans to a degree! (just a thought
) xx
Very good pondering question that Katie
Is there such a thing as pure cis ?
Julie
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(17-03-2018, 01:39 PM)Katie Wrote: [ -> ] (17-03-2018, 01:14 PM)spanky Wrote: [ -> ]So, if transgendered people are "born that way," what does that mean for me? I do not know, and would greatly appreciate any insight.
maybe there Aren`t actually any cis people? perhaps we`re all trans to a degree! (just a thought ) xx
All I know is I feel as though I crossed a bridge and am on the ramp heading off the far end, where I seem to be paused awaiting . . . something . . . and I don't want to go back.
I think you are right that we all have some kind of shifting balance of hormones, sloshing about depending on a variety of factors, and the balance may dictate where we fall on the spectrum at a given phase of life. Indeed, it seems like insight to me, Katie!
(17-03-2018, 01:14 PM)spanky Wrote: [ -> ]I read this article, and of course this theory is accepted by a great many. I must admit that it leaves me wondering what, indeed, it means for me if true. I lived about half a century rarely, very rarely, imagining being anything other than male. Then my thinking slowly began drifting in another direction. More than a decade later, I think about it almost all of the time when I am not focused on something else. I finally started to do something about it, with a certain amount of uncertainty I must admit. I know I am happiest when taking estradiol, and wish I could snap my fingers and have family, friends, and the world in general accept me as whatever I might become.
So, if transgendered people are "born that way," what does that mean for me? I do not know, and would greatly appreciate any insight.
I to, was a "Late Bloomer". I have been playing around with Cross Dressing since I was 30ish. I would volunteer to go in drag to costume parties and once in a while wear panty hose even on a work day , tights for those in the U.K., .But, it increasingly got more difficult as I got older and especially after my heart attack that ended in me retiring at the "old" age of 52. Wow, then the girl half of me REALLY started to scream....