Writer's Block: Gender Bender
Every once in a while, I get this sudden urge to be a man, if just for one day. Just to see how it would be, how it would feel. Everything about who I am (well, mostly everything) relates to my being a woman, and sometimes I wonder what I would be like as a man.
I'm not one who thinks that guys have it easy, or easier (although I'll admit to thinking that one week a month...), but there's always this little voice inside my head that says that if I were a man, high school might have been easier. Or that my dreams would be easier to reach if I weren't a woman. Unfortunately, there are some things in society that simply haven't changed, despite men and women being equal, and I would love to see if, were I man, my life would really be all that different. Would I still have great friends? Loving family? An urge to read and write and sing? Would I make people laugh instead of being thrown strange looks?
The thing that attracts me most to the idea of being a man is the possibility of being strong, tough. Not this pliable pile of mush that weeps when she's sad and hormonal, or when she's happy.
However, if there's one thing I would pass upon gladly, it's the showers after gym class. No amount of testosterond would make me want to slap other men on their asses or whip wet towls at the scrawny guys or show off my bits.
I'm happy as a woman. But that doesn't stop me from wondering what it would be like to be a man.
I'm not one who thinks that guys have it easy, or easier (although I'll admit to thinking that one week a month...), but there's always this little voice inside my head that says that if I were a man, high school might have been easier. Or that my dreams would be easier to reach if I weren't a woman. Unfortunately, there are some things in society that simply haven't changed, despite men and women being equal, and I would love to see if, were I man, my life would really be all that different. Would I still have great friends? Loving family? An urge to read and write and sing? Would I make people laugh instead of being thrown strange looks?
The thing that attracts me most to the idea of being a man is the possibility of being strong, tough. Not this pliable pile of mush that weeps when she's sad and hormonal, or when she's happy.
However, if there's one thing I would pass upon gladly, it's the showers after gym class. No amount of testosterond would make me want to slap other men on their asses or whip wet towls at the scrawny guys or show off my bits.
I'm happy as a woman. But that doesn't stop me from wondering what it would be like to be a man.