"Is it the feet?"
Thought Trans-mission
Feets Don't Be Male Now
By Melody Griffiths
This column is designed to be about thoughts, feelings, and events a young transsexual goes through in her quest to discover who she is, and become who she wants to be -- both serious and humourous. This column deals specifically with M2F transsexuals (sorry guys...) The viewpoints expressed in this column may be inflammatory, and as such are not to be considered the opinions of the editors or owners of Transgender Forum -- soley the author of the column, Melody Griffiths. Comments on this column may be
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You know, this is going to sound a little wierd.
There's something I noticed about the transsexuals I know, that may
be of rampant cosmic importance to the world at large, and lead to a
clue as to why we are the way we are.
Transsexuals tend to have flat feet.
I'm not kidding. Now, whether or not this is true for the majority
or not, I don't know... but I do know that in the small sample I have seen,
including myself, flat feet sure do seem to be a common thread.
It makes me wonder if the sexually dimorphic nucleus is really in the
bottom of our feet, and that having flat feet places stress on it that
could cause problems like transsexualism.
Don't laugh! It could be true you know!
And, if the SDN *is* there, then a lot of us must have a really big one
to aggravate and have problems -- because a lot of us have *big* feet.
Now, I'm only 5'9" or so, and I have size 11 womens' feet. This isn't
even horribly common in males... indeed, I have the largest feet in my
family. They're huge.
Does the word "duck" mean anything to you?
(quack) (quack)
If there was such a thing as a cosmetic podiatrist, I'd be making an
appointment.
And it's not just me either. It seems to be a relatively common thing
among TS's too -- big feet. 10, 11, 12, whatever. Which leads me back to my
point that if the sexually dimorphic nucleus *is* in the feet, we generally
have a really big one to upset.
I think there might also be some kind of femininity trigger down there
too. I mean, just to think about it, transsexuals generally look pretty
good. Even in TS's who I've met in total "male" mode, you can still find
aspects of femininity in their facial features and body features.
Yet, I know *a lot* of guys who you couldn't make into passible condition
without about $20,000 in plastic surgery. It's like we're kind of born into
the mold a little... perhaps it's that passability which makes it seem
a better idea _to_ have a sex-change, hence the average good appearance,
but, I know that when I decided I wanted to do this how I was going to look
wasn't even really an issue at that point.
Wierd.
Flat feet, big feet, it's gotta be the feet.

Melody Griffiths is a 21 year-old pre-op transsexual living full-time in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is a musician, a keyboardist and
composer who loves cats, kids, flowers, and art of all forms. She can be
mailed at: ua770@freenet.victoria.bc.ca -- or check out her homepage.
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