[Miranda-nata-est]

I rather think it is very easy for us males to get a stereotypical view of what we think being a female implies.

Certainly I have to regularly stop and think about the female goal I am attempting to move toward - I am not convinced there is, in reality, the person I idealise as the individual I would ideally become.

Just as genetic males exhibit varying degrees of 'maleness and femaleness', so do genetically based females.

I guess I remain to be convinced of any particular outward expressions as signatures of gender although, of course, I recognise the greater likelihood of particular traits being characteristic of the sexes.

I have always had a tendency to emotion - for as long as I can remember I have cried bucketfulls every time I hear Roberta Flack singing 'The First Time' and 'happily ever afters' get me every time - but I am not sure the shift to an estrogen based lifestyle has had much impact on this - other than perhaps to accept it for what it is. Then of course, that might be because, unknown to me until recently, I have always had a female side.

Tricky this!!

M x