What do you think would happen if men and women switched roles?

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I think about the strangest things sometime (I guess that

happens when you have a lot of time on your hands lol).

Anyway, so today I was thinking how men and women's

roles (and body parts), could have been reversed and

how strange that would be. Like what if

men were the ones that had estrogen in them and

were the ones to have the breasts and a hoo ha.

And, women were the ones with testosterone and a disco

stick. How, trippy would that be?

That means men would get everything a woman

has and has to go through. And, women would get

everything a man has and has to go through. Honestly,

if it was possible I think it would be a good experiment.

Because, one thing I TRULY believe is that neither men

nor women put themselves in the other genders shoes and

try to understand how it might feel to go through that or have

to put up with that. I think if they could spend a day or longer

being the opposite gender, they may understand them better

and have more respect and compassion for that gender.

To me the only thing standing in the way of men and women

not being frustrated with the other, is the ability to see things

through the other genders perspective. Women complain about

men constantly, but I don't think they TRULY understand how

difficult it must be for men to have to deal with the "real man" stigma.

Can you imagine how hard it must be for a man to feel like he's not

"real man" if he doesn't do, this, that or the other? Probably really

hard and I think it's unfair that they have to deal with it, because to

me all men are "real men"! I also don't think women understand what

it's like for most men to know that most women have a "must be this

tall to ride" requirement (pun intended).

Now, men complain about women. But, I don't think a guy TRULY

understands how hard it is to have a period once a month and

how annoying it is to have your hormones be all wacky and

you not really being able to control what you feel. It's not fun

and I hate not being in control of my emotions (I'm already a

emotional person by nature) so it's just a 10 times worse during

that "time of the month."

My general point is, if we could all just try and understand

each other better. Coexisting with each other, wouldn't be so hard.

See, at the end of the day we're all just human beings and ALL

human beings basically want the same things out of life, so if we could

just either find way to get more insight into the opposite gender or

stop seeing each other as gender but instead just a person. Maybe,

things would be better.

So, boys and girls. What are your thoughts and opinions?

Answer 1

BrighteyedAsh | 83 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.

Explorer

Uhm. First off, if 'men' had hoo has and emotions...they would be...women. Not men with hoo has. There would be no role reversal. If women have testosterone but a hoo ha,she would probably be inclined a lesbian and vice versa for men. Hormones make a PRETTY big difference and pretty much 'create' our temperament AND appearance.

I've tried to scientifically pull away while being realistic but it simply doesn't work for me. It's an illogical situation...given that if temperament and body parts were the only part that changed...it would still be essentially the same world.

Now, onto your intended point...many women and men HAVE learned and exercise compassion. And the ones you're going PSA on that DON'T already have the kind of compassion you're explaining are not going to suddenly flip on the light.

Because that would require an actual hormonal adjustment and mental restructuring to even listen and care in the first place.

People are different. Not everyone shares this dream of yours. It's being worked on by many already by familiarizing diversity.

A better experiment would be to give white people black skin, and vice versa. Now THAT would be interesting.

Or throw bigoted Americans(Meaning the specific people in America who are bigoted , not that Americans are ALL bigoted.) into another country to survive and then tell them to learn the language because their native language of English is intolerable and irritating. The nerve of them being unable to communicate their needs. Languages are not easy to just 'pick up' and most Americans have a skewed perception that they are yet can't even figure out basic Spanish words themselves, (and will justify such with the declaration that THEY shouldn't HAVE to...it's the other guy's job...that always goes well) but want other races to speak their language more fluently than most Americans even do.

Far too many are pessimistic about how things are. Don't dismiss the ones who DO work on being compassionate in your focus on the ones that aren't. The world isn't perfect, but there is much good in it.

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RideThroughTheRain

+1 y
I get what you're saying, but I think the QA is talking about the existing population of adults, who already have felt what it would be like to be their own gender. If all men were born with female bodies and all women were born with male bodies, yeah, they'd grow up as women and men, and nothing would change. But if they'd already been used to one way of being, I think it would feel like a reversal. I like your other suggestions too. :)
BrighteyedAsh

+1 y
Oh OK, that makes sense. Got it. Well same amount of interest as the other experiments. (;

Answer 2

RideThroughTheRain

I get what you're saying, but I think the QA is talking about the existing population of adults, who already have felt what it would be like to be their own gender. If all men were born with female bodies and all women were born with male bodies, yeah, they'd grow up as women and men, and nothing would change. But if they'd already been used to one way of being, I think it would feel like a reversal. I like your other suggestions too. :)

Answer 3

BrighteyedAsh

Oh OK, that makes sense. Got it. Well same amount of interest as the other experiments. (;

Answer 4

WickedEyedLeo

Xper 4

It would be the same. I thought this question was going to be what if men took on women roles and vice versa, then it would be very different.

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bruvleigh

Xper 6

if men had female body parts and roles then they would be women wouldn't they...

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BrighteyedAsh

+1 y
I was thinking the same thing. Lol.

Answer 6

BrighteyedAsh

I was thinking the same thing. Lol.

Answer 7

ihatework | 962 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.

Guru

there wouldn't be much of an abortion debate if men were the ones who had to carry...

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Answer 8

Anonymous

Guys would probably be playing with their boobs instead of their "disco stick".
What's this "real man stigma"? I'm sure women would gladly put up with that if they didn't have to worry about being sexually assaulted at any given moment.
Women "understand" men. Women just don't like what they see, a lot of the time.

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Anonymous

As it says in free-ebooks' "Are Men the Weaker Sex", there would be a lot less children in the world if men had to go through nine months of pregnancy and then labor pains. They might do it once but then that's it! :D

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FourStar | 62 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.

Xper 7

It would be very very odd

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Answer 11

Anonymous

I would start playing with their emotions.

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