I became a woman because it was intolerable being a man . Not because I felt like a woman or was attracted to men. Because i couldn’t be myself- showing emotion, passion, joy, creativity. I was expected to act a certain way, show romance per the programming. When I dressed as a girl for Halloween after my divorce it was shocking how people loved me acting exactly how I wanted to. I never went back. I even wrote a book about it: https://www.mariakonner.com/new-book