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Would you "come back' as a man?

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MissAdventure Tue 03-May-22 08:27:01

Assuming the option was available?

snowberryZ Wed 04-May-22 13:30:52

I love being a woman.
Also, as others have said.
Men have dangly bits. Women don't. Couldn't be doing with having all that sweaty meat and two veg swinging around.
I like being feminine.

DiscoDancer1975 Wed 04-May-22 14:00:46

No...I think men have been put down so much in the last few years. They can’t seem to do anything right!

Edge26 Wed 04-May-22 14:27:51

No,no no!!!

sandelf Wed 04-May-22 14:47:57

No but I wish I'd been accepted as a girl. My mum had twin boys premature, died a few weeks old. By the time I arrived everything 'boy' was considered wonderful and any tomboyishness encouraged. Still, muddled through, married (happily) had a daughter - also happy. Happiest now as an old lady.

kjmpde Wed 04-May-22 14:58:41

when waiting in a queue for the loo - YES. You never see men waiting

Mine Wed 04-May-22 15:25:20

No wouldnt want to come back as a man....I don't think I could cope with that illness that only men get ....MANFLU......Having had it my hubby said its worse than childbirth....shock

Fernhillnana Wed 04-May-22 15:44:23

They have it SO much easier and seem to be oblivious to the emotional and practical work needed to make life go on. Yes I would come back as a man. For a start I would have been paid properly for what I did. The only thing is, I loved having my babies and I wouldn’t have missed that for the world!

TortoiseMum Wed 04-May-22 15:47:46

My mother too wanted a boy badly! she always told me I was to be called Frank. Ive had a good life being a girl and felt so lucky to have 3 lovely children and the 4 super grandchildren. When you are older you realise the importance of a loving family is everything. Life hasnt always gone smoothly but its been pretty good!!

GagaJo Wed 04-May-22 15:58:51

Definitely. Other than sweaty tackle, white western men have got all the advantages. Society is literally designed for them.

I hope I'd be a better one than Boris, Piers Morgan, Murdoch etc tho.

FannyCornforth Wed 04-May-22 16:40:46

Oh my word Jo
I can see that you don’t teach working class / under class white boys

FannyCornforth Wed 04-May-22 16:42:11

I find the fixation with genitals extremely odd

GagaJo Wed 04-May-22 16:44:26

FannyCornforth

Oh my word Jo
I can see that you don’t teach working class / under class white boys

Oh I've taught many. Despite social deprivation, they're still the least discriminated group.

Hard to break social and cultural norms and values though.

FannyCornforth Wed 04-May-22 16:53:13

Sorry Jo, but that isn’t true.

FannyCornforth Wed 04-May-22 16:54:50

Anyway, I’m not allowed to have opinions, so I shall be off x

DiscoDancer1975 Wed 04-May-22 17:07:13

GagaJo

Definitely. Other than sweaty tackle, white western men have got all the advantages. Society is literally designed for them.

I hope I'd be a better one than Boris, Piers Morgan, Murdoch etc tho.

I think this group are the most discriminated against. They can’t do anything right.

Shel69 Wed 04-May-22 17:12:56

No I'm happy in my skin, couldn't imagine being a man

activerelaxer Wed 04-May-22 17:19:15

If we come back I’d like the chance to do something different, so yes.
Not having periods would be wonderful too. I’d probably get a vasectomy asap and avoid having children if I could, for the full self-centred experience.

AreWeThereYet Wed 04-May-22 17:20:07

Why would I? I've had so much fun being a woman and intend to carry on. I've always done 'boy' things if I wanted anyway.

Grannyeggs Wed 04-May-22 17:43:00

No wish to be a man Love being a woman. Interestingly a few years ago , my gs’s teacher decided to do a gender reversal in the play they were putting on and asked the girls to play the boys parts and the boys the girls. There was huge resistance, not from the children but from the parents. No way did they want that so he had to change his mind. My GS however said he wanted to do it and so came on in the undersea scene as an exquisite mermaid, really beautiful and got a standing ovation and a prize from the headmaster. He was never teased about it by his friends, he’s always been a popular child and happy in his own skin, and now at 13 seems to have no wish to repeat the performance, but he was great.

Lizzie44 Wed 04-May-22 17:50:02

Born in the 1940s and married in the 1960s I disliked my role as a housewife. So, yes, at that time I would have liked to have come back as a man. Nowadays I don't want to come back as anything except perhaps a well-looked-after dog.
There's an old joke about God distributing the "bits and pieces" between Adam and Eve. Adam is eager to be "the one who can pee standing up" and quickly bags it. Then God says "Well, Eve, that leaves you with the multiple orgasm". Be careful what you wish for.

Mollygo Wed 04-May-22 18:15:35

No. I’d far rather be a woman. Besides, if I came back I could say I was a man on the days I felt like it.

GagaJo Wed 04-May-22 18:59:35

If white men are the most discriminated against, how do they run the world?

Governments
Business
Banking
Medicine

Saggi Wed 04-May-22 19:01:10

Yes…..

Rosie51 Wed 04-May-22 19:09:29

GagaJo

FannyCornforth

Oh my word Jo
I can see that you don’t teach working class / under class white boys

Oh I've taught many. Despite social deprivation, they're still the least discriminated group.

Hard to break social and cultural norms and values though.

www.headteacher-update.com/best-practice-article/supporting-the-education-of-white-working-class-boys-schools-poverty-disadvantage-pupil-premium-1/233316/

Educationally they're bottom of the heap.

Not too many working class boys get far in
Governments
Business
Banking
Medicine

GagaJo Wed 04-May-22 19:20:47

That isn't discrimination though. As I said, it's a social and cultural thing. Not valuing education. It certainly isn't a lack of ability. Some of the bottom set boys I've taught have been sharp as tacks. But they and their families, mostly, don't regard education as being for them. To change that, it isn't just educational reform that is needed, it is a whole shift in cultural attitudes.

No, not working class boys in those institutions. They're still run by white men though.