January 24, 2010 9:16 AM GMT
Marsha.
Your last paragraph, reference the hooker look, Whilst I have always advocated blend in if you don't want to attract attention and trouble. I sorta sense, you have a told you so and deserve it perspective on people that dress like this. Marsha is always right lol, but come on no one deserves to be beat on for the way they dress, they were beat up on for what they are not how they appeared, GG's don't get beat up for dressing like that. I have a freind who was beat up by a gang of tranny bashers and she was just wearing jeans and top. I'm sure I'm reading too much into your example, but I do sense you like to harp on with these type of examples.
Hugs as always Cristine
January 24, 2010 9:28 AM GMT
Penny,
What will the neighbours think. Guilt by association? embaressment? My aunt when I first came to live with her was a what will the neighbours think, don't go outside. Some I know was for my benefeit, my safety, my being subject to ridicule and biggotry, but also people tend to forget the embarresment and ridicule that family and freinds are subject to, When I did finally go out, my aunt was accused of all sort of things including her own selfish desires to make me into somthing that would suite her own personal desires. But when the need arose she was there for me, When I first came home after surgery, several neighbours brought round flowers and cards, we had a BBQ for a few, but in the main if I was in the local pub and some of the men were there with their mates they would ignore me. Perhaps its just that their mates would'nt understand, perhaps it was to save me the embaressment of the whispers and odd looks. Be thankful some are understanding even if they want to keep it to themselves.
As far as discrimination goes, we should first be more understanding and aware in our own community, People who come out with phrases like ''man in a frock'' The elitist, how can we expect moronic and bombastic knuckle dragging troglodytes to accept us if we have attitude problems amongst ourselves.???
Cristine xxxxx
January 24, 2010 1:47 PM GMT
I guess I have felt for a long time that discrimination against sex workers is one of the biggest hypocrisies of our culture, particularly that of males. Most women would be upset to be mistaken for one. Many men will use one but then put them down at another time. Why else is "whore" a pejorative term while "office assistant" is not? They both work, they both earn money. If whores are outlawed only outlaws will be whores? I think not. It is legal in most of Nevada and those whores get the same treatment from society.
Women will follow a fashion trend that makes them look awful....but they get something from being in fashion. I guess some girls have trouble separating being a woman from being a male fantasy. With what I have learned about the degrees of male-female in TGs, I do not find this too surprising.