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How to pass as a woman

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Justme56 · 06/11/2021 10:26

www.wikihow.com/%22Pass%22-As-a-Woman

"smiling and playing with your hair are 2 common feminine gestures"

Grin
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TheDogsMother · 06/11/2021 11:52

Wow I must up my Wommanin game ! I am now smiling and playing with my hair. DH looks nervous Grin

disappear · 06/11/2021 11:49

Interesting. From the Pass as a male one. Get a masculine haircut from a barber or men’s hairstylist. When my non-binary DC did this, they still were charged twice as much as males would have been.

daisychain01 · 06/11/2021 11:48

@Yamaya

What is wrong with that.

You're all being very cruel and unnecessary. Bunch of horrible playground bullies. Grow up.

Have you heard of "Everyday Sexism Project"?

It's about how sexism and derogatory stereotypes aimed at women become so commonplace they are embodied into people's everyday thoughts. Women don't "play with their hair", they

That's what's wrong with this, it's a crock of shit, and it's sad you can't even see that, unless of course you're a bloke, then you won't get it.

If a man wants to "pass for a woman" because they feel they are a woman, they shouldn't need a masterclass in it, they should be themselves, which is being a woman. If they need a masterclass then they're faking it.

Buckydoesafart · 06/11/2021 11:47

This must be a pisstake - I feel like I’m living in an alternative reality! Must remind my husband not to shower too much in case he becomes feminine especially since he always pinches my shampoo, shower gel and moisturiser!! 😂😅😂😅

Thingybob · 06/11/2021 11:46

This graphic is a good representation of interactions I've had with several transwomen and it is something I dislike intensely.

They get acceptable body language and personal space all wrong in a way that is creepy, intimidating and down right scary.

How to pass as a woman
Queenoftheashes · 06/11/2021 11:45

It’s good they have an option of “this topic is stupid” on there

Queenoftheashes · 06/11/2021 11:45

I’m often dirty with terrible skin and hair and fairly aggressive. No one ever thinks I’m a man.

Anyway I’ve sent some feedback on the article.

titchy · 06/11/2021 11:45

@Fieldofgreycorn

The majority of the population display/ adopt many of these gender traits and behaviours - males and females. All you’re doing is mocking transgender people.
No, I think article is the one doing the mocking.
Helleofabore · 06/11/2021 11:45

I saw this the other day too

twitter.com/sharkarchives/status/1455178284958900234?s=21

Tavelo · 06/11/2021 11:44

The man version, you should think of yourself as better than all women in all situations, even if you know it's not true and even though women rejecting you for this will likely lead you to suicidal tendencies.

IntemperateSpirits · 06/11/2021 11:44

Also could that sentence read any more like a Wikipedia page for a pet breed

This. It's like whoever wrote that reductive twaddle doesn't actually see women as humans.

HoardingSamphireSaurus · 06/11/2021 11:44

@Fieldofgreycorn

The majority of the population display/ adopt many of these gender traits and behaviours - males and females. All you’re doing is mocking transgender people.
No. We are mocking the facile stereotypes that reduce women to head tilts, clean hair and smiles.

THAT is fucking insulting.

SisterWendyBuckett · 06/11/2021 11:43

Mocking transgender people?
Pull the other one.

Women are just not going to put up with this regressive and sexist shit any more. Time to get over it!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 06/11/2021 11:42

One of the questions underneath underneath is “how do I type on the internet like a woman?”
Creeeepppyyyy!!!

Not one-handed.

trimtops · 06/11/2021 11:42

NecessaryScene

that poor shop assistant!!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 06/11/2021 11:40

One of the questions underneath underneath is “how do I type on the internet like a woman?”
Creeeepppyyyy!!!

No need for all that. As MN Classics teaches us, all it's clearly referring to is how a lady will by default bash aimlessly at the keyboard with her breasts until a wonderful man comes along to help her understand how to use it properly Grin

ArtemesiaK · 06/11/2021 11:39

Hilarious! I think I've passed for a woman most of my life (as far as I know) in spite of doing little more than keeping clean! :) My DH showers regularly, but still smells like a man....( I'm surprised that sort of thing doesn't seem to come up in discussions about lesbians not fancying transwomen....)

HereticFanjo · 06/11/2021 11:39

I often think that by the TRA definition I'm more a hairy man than a woman. Funnily enough my femaleness is encoded into my DNA rather than my hair flickage rate.

IfNot · 06/11/2021 11:39

Well I have big hair and wear make up and gesture a lot, but I don’t pass the “don’t be assertive” section Sad

Vanishun · 06/11/2021 11:38

Mockery of the article aside - what an awful, exhausting and selfish way this would be to exist. Constantly worrying and fussing over your appearance in every way, and faking everything all the time in your own head, always. A bit like when I struggle with anorexia come to think of it.

WeeBisom · 06/11/2021 11:38

I don’t understand why we shouldn’t mock this absolute shite. It’s absurd, regressive nonsense. I don’t see how it’s transphobic to scoff at the idea that “women play with their hair and smile a lot”.

agedmother · 06/11/2021 11:37

@Fieldofgreycorn

The majority of the population display/ adopt many of these gender traits and behaviours - males and females. All you’re doing is mocking transgender people.
We are mocking reductive stereotypes of women.
Alcemeg · 06/11/2021 11:35

I can't find a similar one on How to Pass as a Man...?

www.wikihow.com/wikiHowTo?search=pass+as+a+man

Snugglepumpkin · 06/11/2021 11:35

Odd.
I was always taught not to play with my hair as it is often interpreted either as a 'look at me' or flirting.

Those aren't gender traits to be 'adopted'.
They are instructions on how to perform womanface.

nameyouwhat · 06/11/2021 11:34

shit..I am off for a shower

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