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- From: kendall@adobe.com (Janice Kendall)
- Newsgroups: soc.women,alt.feminism,soc.men
- Subject: Re: Self Appreciation (was: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.022402.28700@adobe.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 02:24:02 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.032253.11008@netcom.com> <1992Nov16.185735.25510@mr.med.ge.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.185735.25510@mr.med.ge.com> wendy@sundown.mil.wi.us writes:
- >Rich Payne (payner@netcom.com) wrote:
- >> Since you made a public anouncement, I hope you won't mind my asking why?
- >> (The sex change that is)
- >>
- >
- >Why???? Because I am a woman. I just happened to get stuck inside of a man's
- >body. While I have surpressed these emotions for many years, and tried to
- >act as a man, I've always known I was female. The internal conflict is almost
- >too much to bear. I doubt that you would understand. Most people don't, although
- >more women seem to then men.
- >
- >>
- >> Rich
- >>
- >
- >Wendy
-
- Think about what we all experience as real differences between men and women.
- Men and women think, act, react, dream, ... differently.
-
- Now, each one of you that strongly identifies with being male or female - take
- your current personality and picture it inside the body of the opposite sex.
- It would be damned awkward, confusing, at times humiliating as you would
- behave in a manner different from the "norm". Wouldn't you want to get
- back to a body you're comfortable in?
-
- I don't know about the statistics, but I've not yet heard of somebody
- changing their sex twice!
-
- Nature/God tries out endless "variations on a theme" all the time. I don't
- know why people feel so threatened that someone is born gay or that someone
- feels like a woman trapped inside the body of a man. Since our society
- has trouble accepting men who act like women, I think it's fine to use
- the technology we have to allow someone to be consistent in their nature and
- their appearance.
-
- Take care, Wendy.
-
- Janice Kendall kendall@adobe.com ...!{decwrl|sun}!adobe!kendall
-
- Don't Panic! Clinton will be our *42*nd President.
-