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I Want My Son To Grow Up Experiencing Both Genders

Why It's Important To Do This

By: andreaneejustinfield
Written on April 13th, 2012
Age: 41-45 , Transgender
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  • theBillyandBudBear

    Like Melodie, I grew up being allowed to enjoy both my masculine side as well as I feminine side, and it is my opinion that it helped me to attain a really wonderful and well balance life as a man.



    I grew up to experience a measure of what girls and women went through and how they were segregated in so many ways from society, denied equality with men and boys.



    Today I am please to be very supportive of women's rights in addition to an appreciation of all people different from me, be they persons of color, gay, cross-dressers, etc.

    Apr 21, 2012
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  • kayleew2000

    I have mixed views about this, even thought my mother raised me as a girl since I was 8. There is some disagreement between my mother and I whether the choice was hers or mine. Regardless, it seems evident that I must have found enjoyment in dresses and skirts from the numerous pictures of me growing up looking like her daughter. Perhaps its true that a young boy will get another perspecitve on life if he walks a mile in heels and skirts ...but what happens if that feminine persona becomes the preferred lifestyle? I'm now 20, living with my sister ...and I haven't seen a boy in my mirror for over 10 years, nor can I imagine ever trying to do so again.



    Althought I was ultimately raised as one of two daughters by a single mother, I strongly feel I grew up in a loving family and I am happy to be me ...learning my place in the world. I just wonder if my mom would have still dressed me like a girl if she knew I would live out my life in ruffles and lace. On the other hand, maybe she knew that's where I would find my happiness.



    Andrea, would you keep your son in skirts in dresses if he began to prefer living as a girl?

    Apr 15, 2012
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  • Melodie13

    I agreee with your sentiments exactly. I grew up being allowed to dress as either a boy or a girl, yes that means I had dresses, but pants as well. I played with dolls and my electric trains, although I never played sports. I grew up and had a very successful career as a police officer. The fact that I did experience living as both genders actually aided me in my career.

    Apr 13, 2012
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