Poll: Would you change your sex if you could?

[FamoFunk]

For a day or two I think, I couldn't cope with being a Man thing for much longer.

Seriously, the main reason would be to have a wank and see what the fuss is.

 

[GangstaPony]

Day or two for obvious reasons and lesbian sex with my girlfriend.
Arguably if we wanted we could do the reverse but only if it's her... hahaha

 

[pppppppppppppppppp]

Yeah, fair enough. I'm kind of on the same boat as Moviebob in that she's more attractive than the average person, but for her to build a multi-million dollar career off of getting men to go see crappy movies because she's in them is just ridiculous. Especially when you look at the array of other Hollywood actresses.

[small]Woo, getting off topic in my own thread![/small]

More ridiculous than people getting famous for being reality television sensations?


Poor Ms. Fox is a lesser evil at best.

.....touche......

 

[wadark]

Depends if I'm hot

If it was a magical and instant change, maybe for a day or so. Y'know, to see "how the other half live".

If however we're talking about real life surgery and hormone replacement therapy, then my answer is a resounding 'no'.

Pretty much this.

 

[Gatx]

I want to say yes because from a superficial male perspective it wouldn't be bad to have a female body, especially if I would be attractive. Practically speaking though, no, having a period just seems like such a hassle. I mean what's the male equivalent? Requiring you to "unload" every so often your large amounts of sperm?

 

[crazyarms33]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I like being a dude. I'm allowed to be stupid, ugly, and generally annoying without being labeled as a "*****". Also I really don't think I could handle all the extra shaving the fairer sex has to deal with. And child birth. Pass.

 

[crazyarms33]

For a day or two I think, I couldn't cope with being a Man thing for much longer.

Seriously, the main reason would be to have a wank and see what the fuss is.

Well...if you like to orgasm and have anywhere from 1-10 minutes to spare, I think you would enjoy it. If not...I think you'd be like "WTF?"

 

[deadish]

Having a temporary chance to be in a woman's body is just to satisfy my curiosity. That all there is to it. LOL. While I know everyone is different, just like every cheeseburger you eat is slightly different, it doesn't mean I can't get a "typical experience" and see SOME things that SOME women might see and feel.

If it's SOME thing, SOME women feel, how is it 'typical'?

Look, I will be honest, your nitpicking over the notion of "typical" is getting a little tiring.

"Typical" is defined as common experience shared by many but, of course, not all people of a group. That's the definition I'm using. I don't know what you define it as.

Men and women are different. When it come to the topic of equality, they should be treat as equals in areas in which they are equal, and otherwise not. I think this is a pretty simple and IMHO obviously correct course of action to take, I don't really understand what all the great debate on equality is about.

People, men or women, are individuals. Wouldn't treating people as individuals be the best solution? For example, on average men are physically stronger than women. But, not all men are equally physically strong, and some women will be stronger than some men.
Now, if we look at a job, for example, that requires a lot of physical strength, we shouldn't go 'we need a man for this job', but rather 'we need a physically strong person for this job'.

Oh, no problem with that. I don't see why anyone would use gender as a criteria, when selecting based on a measurable attribute is much more accurate.

That said, when designing a mass market product, some generalisations have to be made because there is no way to design for each individual. This also applies to policy making and such. In certain circumstances, it's a necessary evil.

To digress a bit, when it comes to communication, which seem to be the big topic in gaming discussions these days, it's very difficult for them to be "one of the guys". IMHO it's part cultural, part biological. Men do not on an instinctive level react the same way to women as they do to other men - this propagates "upwards" into culture IMO.

Why should women be 'one of the guys'? That very choice of words suggests women can't be accepted as women, they need to be men.

How about we all just get along? I have male friends. We play video-games and talk about things. I know groups of people that consist of men and women and who hang out together.
People are cabable of acting like the members of the other sex are people too.

People might not react to both sexes the same way, but they will also instinctively react differently to physically bigger people, or people of different skin colour, or age.

That doesn't need to be a problem.

Define "get along". The impression I got was, to be "treat as one of the guys", which I have to say is going to be very difficult.

If it's just to be treated "nice" - a vague concept I might add. Good luck with that.

Firstly, the main perpetrators of shitty behaviour in games are 13 year old brats (and over grown mentally 13 year old douchebags). We can chit-chat on the web as much as we want, but there really isn't much anyone can do about their behaviour. We can only hope they will grow out of it some day. Look at Xbox Live and the racist, bigoted language that gets fling around there - Microsoft 0 Stupidity of Youth 1.

Secondly, it's a matter of culture. Gaming culture developed "in isolation" without much female participation. The result is behaviour and culture norms that can come across offensive to women - there was no one to object when it "started out".

IMHO, this whole stupid thing is overblown. It's not like you are getting denied the seats on public transport. If you don't like the shitty behaviour of a certain game's community, then either don't take part in that said community (you can form your own community with like minded individuals) or just don't play the game. It's not a big deal. Video games are a luxury, not something you that impacts you that you can't avoid.

Everyone is getting played by the gaming press, hungry for ad impressions. They blew this whole shit up into something akin to the civil rights movement. It isn't.

 

[cojo965]

I chose other because one of the myths of Greek prophet Tiresias says that Zeus got into an argument with his wife Hera over who has the most fun during sex so they brought Tiresias in to settle it because he had spent timeon both sides of the fence and Zeus didn't like his answer sop he took Tiresias's sight.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Magical insta-change? I'd take it permanently... depending on how this appears to other people. If I suddenly gained wide hips, thin shoulders and breasts (largely I'd be unchanged >.>)... people tend to notice that kind of thing.

Also, I'd totally grope myself and get free drinks. Hurr hurr hurr.

 

[CityofTreez]

I wouldn't mind it for a week or a month, just to see how the other side lives, but I'm pretty sure I'd want to go back to being a man.

Yeah this.

For like a month or so but I kind of like being a man.

 

[chuckman1]

Was gonna say no then saw the "Maybe a day or two" option.
I would try to fuck all my hot lesbian friends, meet more hot lesbians, and continue the cycle.
I'd also try girl fapping for the hell of it when alone.
Although I'd eventually have to change back but fucking hot lesbians would be cool.

 

[an annoyed writer]

Kinda surprised by the poll results. Interesting that so many would want to "see everything from the other side". As for me, I am a transgendered individual and if some wizard gave me the body I so desperately need I'd go for it. Give the perks of attractiveness? Doubly so. That'd be a deus ex machina type thing though. Reality is not so forgiving. We don't get Deus ex Machinas. we have to work our asses off to solve our most personal problems.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

No. It would make my life too complicated.

 

[JeffBergGold]

No, I believe guys have it much easier in life. As a guy you actually have the opportunity to change your station in life. Take risk and make things happen.

As a woman it seems almost that the opportunities are fixed at birth since so much of women's value in society comes from their physical appearance. The choices are essentially binary, you're either attractive or unattractive.

There are a few exceptions but for the most part that is how it usually plays out.

 

[Powereaver]

I think i would give it a trial run.. although i must admit living basically as the only guy in my family for a solid 18 years now.. i have a pretty good idea of female problems so i wouldnt want to do it PERMANENTLY but sure i think most people have their curiousity piqued by the idea.

 

[Lieju]

Having a temporary chance to be in a woman's body is just to satisfy my curiosity. That all there is to it. LOL. While I know everyone is different, just like every cheeseburger you eat is slightly different, it doesn't mean I can't get a "typical experience" and see SOME things that SOME women might see and feel.

If it's SOME thing, SOME women feel, how is it 'typical'?

Look, I will be honest, your nitpicking over the notion of "typical" is getting a little tiring.

"Typical" is defined as common experience shared by many but, of course, not all people of a group. That's the definition I'm using. I don't know what you define it as.

For me, 'typical' means 'most'. And my point stands; how would you then, as a woman, know what part of your experience was shared by other women? What you would get to know would be to what extent your sex affects you personally.

Men and women are different. When it come to the topic of equality, they should be treat as equals in areas in which they are equal, and otherwise not. I think this is a pretty simple and IMHO obviously correct course of action to take, I don't really understand what all the great debate on equality is about.

People, men or women, are individuals. Wouldn't treating people as individuals be the best solution? For example, on average men are physically stronger than women. But, not all men are equally physically strong, and some women will be stronger than some men.
Now, if we look at a job, for example, that requires a lot of physical strength, we shouldn't go 'we need a man for this job', but rather 'we need a physically strong person for this job'.

Oh, no problem with that. I don't see why anyone would use gender as a criteria, when selecting based on a measurable attribute is much more accurate.

That said, when designing a mass market product, some generalisations have to be made because there is no way to design for each individual. This also applies to policy making and such. In certain circumstances, it's a necessary evil.

Exactly. But it becomes a problem if those generalisations are based on BS assumptions or things that are merely cultural. Then they will tend to feed those misconceptions.
For example, let's look at a society where women aren't allowed to pursue education. Women will then of course be more ignorant, don't have experience on certain kinds of jobs etc. Now if a legistlator, for example looks at this society and concludes that women are inherently dumb, and laws are formed based on that, it's obviously a problem. And it's an assumption that will feed itself. After all, why waste resources on educating girls if that will just be a wasted effort? And if some women do manage to get the education, they will have much harder times finding a job than men that are equally qualified, feeding the assumption that educating women is not worth it.

And this same goes for any assumptions you make based on gender, smaller or bigger.

Define "get along". The impression I got was, to be "treat as one of the guys", which I have to say is going to be very difficult.

If it's just to be treated "nice" - a vague concept I might add. Good luck with that.

What I want is equal treatment. An environment where people won't go "Oh no, you have boobs, (such as they are)! I better not treat you like you're a human being!"
Where do you live? I ask because I am curious. In some country where the culture is very segregated based on sex? Since you can't seem to grasp that men and women can treat each other like human beings, and in general seem to think females are some weird species that you could only symphatise with if you possess the same genitalia.

Firstly, the main perpetrators of shitty behaviour in games are 13 year old brats (and over grown mentally 13 year old douchebags). We can chit-chat on the web as much as we want, but there really isn't much anyone can do about their behaviour. We can only hope they will grow out of it some day. Look at Xbox Live and the racist, bigoted language that gets fling around there - Microsoft 0 Stupidity of Youth 1.

Secondly, it's a matter of culture. Gaming culture developed "in isolation" without much female participation. The result is behaviour and culture norms that can come across offensive to women - there was no one to object when it "started out".

So? Then it should change.
It's not like the gaming culture isn't constantly changing anyway. Those 13-year olds didn't start it. The first gamers were not even that representable of men in general, they were computer-programmers and such writing games as a hobby on university computers. And then gaming became popular with kids and then main stream and that isolation was broken, and the culture changed.

And that's a rather defeatist attitude you have. "Oh well, no use trying to change things!". Even what you're just now doing, condemning the behaviour of those 13-year olds, is a step to the better. Changing the popular opinion, informing people, etc can at least change something. For example, imagine one of those 13-year olds stumbling on a forum like this, and realising not everyone interacts in the net the way he's used to. And maybe he will change his behaviour. Maybe he will grow up.

IMHO, this whole stupid thing is overblown. It's not like you are getting denied the seats on public transport. If you don't like the shitty behaviour of a certain game's community, then either don't take part in that said community (you can form your own community with like minded individuals) or just don't play the game. It's not a big deal. Video games are a luxury, not something you that impacts you that you can't avoid.

Everyone is getting played by the gaming press, hungry for ad impressions. They blew this whole shit up into something akin to the civil rights movement. It isn't.

I'd like to remind you that you're currently on a GAMING- forum. So it should come as a no surprise that issues related to gaming are over-represented here.
Why are you here, on this forum? When there are much more important things you could be doing?

Why don't you go and form a group with people who agree with you on everything and leave me alone?
Women aren't even a minority, they are about 50% of the population.

I have some actual real problems that I have to deal with every day.
It doesn't mean I should just let things slide if it's not something as dire as physical abuse or not letting me use public transport(and based on your thinking, that shouldn't be a problem either, just create your own bus-company that caters to just women, or don't use public transport). After all, not all subjects talked about on this forum are matters of life and death.
And I like playing video-games, I love playing video-games, and would like them to mature as a medium.

I will complain if I don't think there's enough female protagonists, just like I will complain there's not enough horror games, or if I think the game mechanics on some game suck.

Instead of just playing some other games than horror, or that have better mechanics, and being quiet about things I perceive as a problem.

 

[Callate]

I'm curious enough that I wouldn't mind it for a time. I'm sure it would be eye-opening to be a woman for a while. But I'm reasonably happy being male, and I'm sure I'd return to it.

 

[SoMuchSpace]

Actually, i would but only for a while as to try out an experiment.Now i always feel that it wouldn't hurt more for guys to support each other as friends.My friends, if something bad should happen to me, just couldn't care.They'd probably laugh their asses off.And when the reverse happens, i'm always there but no one could give a fuck.Once they're back on their feet again, it's like i never helped them.When i look around the girls in my class, they are so supportive of each other.When they help, the other one says thanks, when one of them is in a bad mood, the others would group up and try their best to make them feel better.Are such small things really too much to ask? Then again, i may be under this belief because of my current friends group.

I just want to know if it is actually true that female friendship is much more full filling and emotionally satisfying than being a guy and being a pseudo friends-forever crap actor who just keeps ripping on you when you actually need a friend.

 

[Razentsu]

I definitely have a feminine side, but I like the way I am now, so I wouldn't a permanent change. Maybe I'd gender swap for a little while, just to know how it would feel like if I were a woman.

I wonder if I'd think any differently from how I think now.