i think you're on to something there with your discussion of the 'privilege of arousal'.
What do you make of the research connecting dissociative disorders (sorry to have to use that word) with transgenderism? Personally, i wonder a lot, because sometimes i feel female, and sometimes i feel male, and other times i feel like something altogether different- more alien than terrestrial. Maybe it's just because i'm an air sign. i recall a conversation i had with an old professor several months ago where i was talking about transgender people in history and other cultures, and i recall wishing that our society had a third gender so i would not feel compelled to identify as one or the other.
One thing i can say is that i have always been a very sensitive person and my transition has been a boon as far as giving myself permission to express myself fully. Another thing i can say is that i am much more comfortable being female bodied (even if i don't have a classicly female shape).
Do you think readjustment of our hormones changes our behavior in the long-term? It's been eight years of living with a new hormonal mix and though my libido is much lower i feel much more satisfied after sex. My typing speed improved but that could also be from my professional choices as well. i really don't feel that different in my brain though i think most of the changes i've experienced have been social - being more invisible, being taken less seriously, being the object of ridicule and innuendo, being isolated, being hypervigilant to the point of paranoia.
i think of my own role now more than ever in terms of being on a shamanic path - of public service to the community while living slightly outside of the community.
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Thank You again for Blowing My Mind...
Date: 2007-07-05 01:52 pm (UTC)What do you make of the research connecting dissociative disorders (sorry to have to use that word) with transgenderism? Personally, i wonder a lot, because sometimes i feel female, and sometimes i feel male, and other times i feel like something altogether different- more alien than terrestrial. Maybe it's just because i'm an air sign. i recall a conversation i had with an old professor several months ago where i was talking about transgender people in history and other cultures, and i recall wishing that our society had a third gender so i would not feel compelled to identify as one or the other.
One thing i can say is that i have always been a very sensitive person and my transition has been a boon as far as giving myself permission to express myself fully. Another thing i can say is that i am much more comfortable being female bodied (even if i don't have a classicly female shape).
Do you think readjustment of our hormones changes our behavior in the long-term? It's been eight years of living with a new hormonal mix and though my libido is much lower i feel much more satisfied after sex. My typing speed improved but that could also be from my professional choices as well. i really don't feel that different in my brain though i think most of the changes i've experienced have been social - being more invisible, being taken less seriously, being the object of ridicule and innuendo, being isolated, being hypervigilant to the point of paranoia.
i think of my own role now more than ever in terms of being on a shamanic path - of public service to the community while living slightly outside of the community.