An increasing number of them used to be men, so maybe they do know! Then those same people bitch about how men have it so much better. Why the fuck did they switch then? And why are there so many more m->f than vice verse of being a woman is so fucking shitty. Fucking weird people.
Was a great book about a lesbian who dressed up as a man and lived as a male for a few months, professional make up (Beard ect), voice coaching ect, whole 9 yards. Was fairly convincing (But most of the friends he made assumed 'he' was probably gay.) This lady was full on super-feminist stereotype lesbian 'butch'.
Watching her view point radically shift on how she thought men were 'privileged', to sympathizing with their plight and realizing they face a ton of adversity that is essentially ignored was priceless. She discussed all the things men just take in stride, like the fact that women, in general, are extremely rude because they assume every interaction is someone trying to hit on them. She went on to talk about just how much it affected her, the way women treated her when they weren't interested in her, like she was less than garbage (Like they purposely tried to pretend she wasn't there). She went on to admit that she had always assumed men had the power sexually, but her view took a 180 and she realized women have all the power, and often are pretty vicious about displaying it. (Which is why the whole idea of rape culture is hilarious, and illustrates how skewed ideological thinking can alter empirical reality. Yes men do the cat calls, and are the active agent in terms of trying sexual contact, but in the same way a lawyer is the active party in a court room, women are the judge, action doesn't always mean power--women hold the power.)
Then when she hung out around guys, she realized that many social interactions among men are strained because of the stigma of men being able to be emotional (Everyone says it's okay to express your emotions, but if a man gets too angry, or sad, people around avoid or get scared, there is a huge amount of social pressure for men to keep their shit in check--obviously an adult male is taken a little more seriously when they are unhinged, and thus men really need to bottle that shit up, which she found made life a lot harder because no one knew when she was hurting or upset.)
She also said she started getting the massive difference in sexuality, seeing how many times men don't even really enjoy the desire for sex--it's simply something they need, like eating or drinking. She said it looked exhausting, and depressing, especially because they were vilified for it--they couldn't be emotional with it due to the stigma against emotions. So in essence male sexuality is more pressing, and more physical, but it's also policed just as much as female sexuality (Just in a very different way). She ended up hating strip clubs because of it, despite being a lesbian.
Really great book. Title is "Self Made Man"--at the end of it she had a nervous break down, in part due to the identity shift, but also she said being a man is just miserable (And if you complain about it, it's still one of the few acceptable reasons to bully someone. Think of male tears mugs ect.)
