Maria Konner
2 min readAug 5, 2023

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I’ve lived on both sides of this equation (M2F trans). And a lot of truths here. From my experience, men and woman don’t understand each other, nor do they rarely even try. Perhaps you have to live as the other to know. To even have a clue.

I don’t even know where to start (you could read my book). But even in the trans experience, there are so many variations. In my case, I like being either sex. They are just very different. Biggest issues for me:
1) As a man I’m invisible socially, but powerful at work
2) But as a man I’m constantly ridiculed by BOTH sexes for having a passionate, creative, understanding and compassionate side. It’s particularly bad at work (where they still think I’m a man - I’m 99.3% remote), when so many men in the Tech Word are incorrigibly self centered and unable to take responsibility for thinking about how what they’re doing affects the company and other people. But fortunately I’m in a leadership position and use my male skills to power people into compliance when necessary and use my “feminine” skills to drive the agenda and get people to cooperate without force when I can. (I’m a cybersecurity professional).
3) It’s 250x easier for me to find a date as a woman (with men) and have fun. This is empirical data, I calculated it.
4) Women treat me SO much better when I’m a woman. It’s incalculable. It’s jolting when I occasionally dress as a man and am ignored at best, otherwise ridiculed or smirked at.
5) And so do men treat me better when I’m a woman.
6) Most people treat this trans woman really well. No matter where I am. The haters are amplified on the Internet. People need to meet you in person. And people from places like the Mid West are included in this.
7) Men don’t take me seriously when it comes to anything but being sexy and fun. They are surprised when they see the depth. But the vast majority of them immediately respect me more for it. It just jolts them.
8) The confidence I get from having been a man (knowledge of men and power structures, financial security), gives me huge power as a woman

The world would be a better place if we all lived in the others shoes for some time. Actually, it’s commanded in The Bible (I’m have a mild interest in Bible Stories, NOT dogmatic religion). Purim is about dressing as somebody else for 1 day per year and joining a party with others who are doing the same. My first few years as a women felt like this all the time.

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Maria Konner
Maria Konner

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