Interesting perspective as I’ve gone the other way — From male to female. I first noticed that people are a lot more interested in me in general and getting sex and dates is 250 times easier (i calculated it). I bring people joy in ways i could never do as a man. I also am allowed to express my emotions with authenticity and project joy which (opposite of your experience) was seen as weird when I was a man. It has brought a huge increase in confidence. I felt a huge shift in power toward me, having to learn new skills like having to say NO a lot.

The work situation is different-much harder as a woman, but I can present as a man when I need to which I do to get consulting work and then I work mostly at home. So I still have then best of both worlds. But when I present as a man, people largely ignore me socially, I can dramatically feel the different and how hard it is as a man to get attention from anybody unless I’m being put in a profession situation and asked questions in which case I kill it. Or when i have the opportunity to play the piano where I kill it there too. Being a man is such a drag. I can’t be fabulous and expressive.