Why Would a Guy Want to Be a Woman?
Why Would Anyone WANT to Be Transgender?
Why would a guy ever want to be a woman? I mean seriously? Why would he? The advantages of being a guy so outweigh being a woman on so many levels. I mean think about it. Go ahead.
I thought about it today.
I Googled “List of male privileges,” and this is what I came up with.
In 1990, Wellesley College professor Peggy McIntosh wrote an essay called “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” She listed 45 examples of male privilege. Not to be outdone, Project Humanities at Arizona State compiled its own list of 100 male privileges.
That’s a lot of privilege!
I’ll sparing you the details , but you can click the links and read if you want.
Later, I Googled “List of female privileges.”. The first things I found was a listing of seven dubious items, along with a stern disclaimer that, Female Privilege Is Not a Thing.
- Women Receive Chivalry — And Therefore, Free Dinners, Open Doors, and More
- Women Are Under No Pressure to Provide for the Family — Unlike Men
- On That Note, If Women Don’t Feel Like Working, They Can Just Marry Rich
- Women Are Accepted as Emotional Beings
- Women Have a Higher Chance of Getting Accepted into College
- Women Are More Likely to Win Child Custody Battles
- Men Are More Likely to Die of Suicide or in Wars
That seemed awfully skimpy, then I ran across this list of 97 privileges a “men’s rights” activist claims women enjoy.
Wow, there are a lot gender-based issues to contend with. Everyone else is privileged. Thank goodness there are only two genders… hey wait a minute, aren’t more than two genders?
Do privileges extend to the “other” genders… assuming you even believe more than two genders exist? To keep this brief, I’ll aim down the middle of the gender spectrum.
I Googled “List of transgender privileges.”
Not only did I get zero returns, I found counter-example lists like “Non-Trans Privilege List” and an article about “Fifty Trans Hurdles” by Amy J. Ko, the great trans writer on Medium.
So, I am basically screwed.
Stay a man and be privileged, become a woman and deal with counter-claims of being privileged or accept that I am transgender and live with a complete lack of privilege and actually live at a massive disadvantage.
Hmmmmmm, I know this may seem completely mad, but I like being the underdog.
I’d rather be trans.
Oh yeah…I am.
Emma Holiday
Writers note: If you have read any of my writings on Medium you will have noticed a definite theme: the incredible pain of gender dysphoria and all the difficult aspects of just being transgender.
My writing has three specific goals:
1. Writing is my therapy. I have a very limited outlet for my thoughts so I write to find a way to process the most profound experience in my life. I need to understand and I need to accept myself to move forward.
2. Being transgender, for me, is a very lonely existence and if I can share some of the things that I feel and think as I go through the process of transitioning with others who are transgender and, in some way, lessen their pain and sense of loneliness, then all of this public exposure of my personal thoughts is not a waste.
3. I write to help cisgender people understand that all trans people want is to be simply understood, accepted and treated as a normal person. We are.
Thank you for reading my work.
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