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David 
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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If you had spent your life as a member of the opposite gender – with most of the personality traits and life circumstances that you have had otherwise intact – do you think your life would have been better or worse? Less generally, can you think of any specific ways that your life would have been better/worse if you were born a woman instead of a man (or vice versa)?
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K
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Why stop there? What about a different race, or a different species?
Woof, woof!! [Is there a dog emoticon?] |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Location: somewhere
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I voted no because I like my life.
A lot of things would have been easier though. Just the stereotypical things I guess. Easier doesn’t equate to better to me.
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thesoretoothsayer
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I've managed as a fugly man.
Given that women are judged by their looks I'm guessing things would be tougher as a fugly woman. |
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
Location: Between London and Melbourne
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I can’t answer it, as there are just too many variables introduced by such a change. Those variables include :
Would I have felt the same primary responsibility to be a breadwinner, rather than pursuing “riskier” life choices ?
Would I have married a man as good as the woman I married ?
Would my emotional life be the same in a different biological and social construct ?
Would I have been as competitive with less testosterone ?
Can I really understand what the experience of women is like, anyway ?
All imponderables, I’m afraid ....
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Wokko 
Come and take it.
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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| thesoretoothsayer wrote: | I've managed as a fugly man.
Given that women are judged by their looks I'm guessing things would be tougher as a fugly woman. |
Life difficulty settings from easiest to hardest:
1. Hot Woman
2. Hot Man
3. Ugly Man
3a. Short Ugly Man
4. Ugly Woman
4a. Fat Ugly Woman
Of course, life is always what you make of it but there is certainly a leg up for attractive people. |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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I can't see how my life would have been better, but then again I would have had different opportunities potentially, so it's possible.
It would have been very different though. Being a 6'3" skinny blonde lesbian would have been interesting at a bush high school in the late 70's early 80's 
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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^ There’s another interesting hypothetical – if you were the opposite gender, would you have been straight or gay?
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
Location: Between London and Melbourne
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| David wrote: | | ^ There’s another interesting hypothetical – if you were the opposite gender, would you have been straight or gay? |
^ He’d have been paying a lot more attention to himself in the shower.....
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KenH
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I voted no, but who really knows? But if I was a born a girl I would have had a lot more sex when I was younger!
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swoop42 
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008
Location: The 18
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| Wokko wrote: | | thesoretoothsayer wrote: | I've managed as a fugly man.
Given that women are judged by their looks I'm guessing things would be tougher as a fugly woman. |
Life difficulty settings from easiest to hardest:
1. Hot Woman
2. Hot Man
3. Ugly Man
3a. Short Ugly Man
4. Ugly Woman
4a. Fat Ugly Woman
Of course, life is always what you make of it but there is certainly a leg up for attractive people. |
Wealthy man regardless of looks or personality TRUMPS everything. 
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| More precisely, having wealthy parents is the biggest advantage of all, a somewhat unfortunate state of affairs for everyone else. |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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| KenH wrote: | | ... But if I was a born a girl I would have had a lot more sex when I was younger! |
Hmmm.... How so? |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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| K wrote: | | KenH wrote: | | ... But if I was a born a girl I would have had a lot more sex when I was younger! |
Hmmm.... How so? |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNrZjcS_gQ
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