Courtesy of red ant. Great question.

I say yes, for one day, but not permanently. And that I'm weird for even asking. (You get two votes each.)

I think I'd try it for a day.

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
Hey honey
Take a walk on the wild side

Candy came from out on the Island
In the backroom she was everybody's darlin'
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
I Said, Hey baby
Take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls go
doo do doo do doo do do doo..

Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York City's the place where they say,
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, Hey Joe
Take a walk on the wild side

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should've seen em go go go
They said, Hey shuga Take a walk on the wild side
I Said, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
All right, huh

Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that bash
Said, Hey babe,
Take a walk on the wild side
I said, Hey honey,
Take a walk on the wild side
and the colored girls say,
doo do doo do doo do do doo

Nope.  I like being a girl.

Nope.  I like being a girl.


Women have it better than guys, I think.

I agree.  Giving birth might hurt immensly, but it is a wonderful experience. 

I agree.  Giving birth might hurt immensly, but it is a wonderful experience. 


I think there are also more binding societal expectations with men. We're supposed to ideally be "stoic" and not show our emotions, but women can as much they want. Also, women can get away with letting someone take care of them but if a guy does that hes a bum.

Yeah, I'd be a guy for a day. Have mercy on the women who let me sleep with them!  ;)

Yeah, I'd do if for a day...

Of course, I'd consider going all the way as well.

I'd try it just for a day, I wouldn't want to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe!  ;D

Sure, why not? It's just one day.

Well, since I proposed the question I suppose I should answer it as well...

I would do it for one day. Why not? Hell, I'd probably never make it outside of the house anyway!


Yeah, I'd be a guy for a day. Have mercy on the women who let me sleep with them!  ;)


LOL!

I think there are also more binding societal expectations with men. We're supposed to ideally be "stoic" and not show our emotions, but women can as much they want. Also, women can get away with letting someone take care of them but if a guy does that hes a bum.


I don't know what it's like exactly, but I think I prefer the social expectations over menstruation...

I don't know what it's like exactly, but I think I prefer the social expectations over menstruation...


I'm guessing it's like having really bad poo cramps.. like... the really bad ones. REALLY BAD.

Did I mention they're the REALLY BAD kinds?

I'm guessing it's like having really bad poo cramps.. like... the really bad ones. REALLY BAD.

Did I mention they're the REALLY BAD kinds?
ever had a kidney stone? i'm told it's like giving birth.

i was sitting on the gurney cryin', yeah? and this sick ilsa of the SS nurse comes up and goes,

HURTS, DON'T IT????

and i'm like yes, yes, ilsa, it hurts. it hurts.

and she holds up a syringe, and says, again,

OO! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN PAIN. ARE YOU IN PAIN?!?

and i say yes, yes i am in pain. what is in that huge needle?

and she says,

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE A BABY.

and then she gave me morphine.

i shoulda gotten her phone number.

I think there are also more binding societal expectations with men. We're supposed to ideally be "stoic" and not show our emotions, but women can as much they want. Also, women can get away with letting someone take care of them but if a guy does that hes a bum.


Men are lucky in a lot of ways though... on hot days they can go outside topless without getting funny looks... they don't menstruate, they are not obligated to shave, they can sleep on their stomach anytime without having to worry about sore boobs, they can pee virtually anywhere, etc...

But one reason I'm really grateful to be female, is that I will always know exactly how many children I have. :D

dude...I would SO do this....even for longer than a day (but not forever ;)).

I don't know what it's like exactly, but I think I prefer the social expectations over menstruation...


Dude...I was about to say this.

And that's why it would only be for one day.

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
Hey honey
Take a walk on the wild side

Candy came from out on the Island
In the backroom she was everybody's darlin'
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head
She says, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
I Said, Hey baby
Take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls go
doo do doo do doo do do doo..

Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York City's the place where they say,
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, Hey Joe
Take a walk on the wild side

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should've seen em go go go
They said, Hey shuga Take a walk on the wild side
I Said, Hey babe
Take a walk on the wild side
All right, huh

Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that bash
Said, Hey babe,
Take a walk on the wild side
I said, Hey honey,
Take a walk on the wild side
and the colored girls say,
doo do doo do doo do do doo
good song

I said no - although I'm not entirely sure.

But I am pretty positive it would still be no.

another GenderBender song
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola 
See-oh-el-aye cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
El-oh-el-aye Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
no, I wouldn't change for a day. I like being a dude too much. But there have been some funny movies about those changes.

Men are lucky in a lot of ways though... on hot days they can go outside topless without getting funny looks... they don't menstruate, they are not obligated to shave, they can sleep on their stomach anytime without having to worry about sore boobs, they can pee virtually anywhere, etc...



Actually many jobs require men to shave their faces for either personal appearances or for safety reasons (ie where one would have to wear a gas mask, SCBA, etc).

The people obligating women to shave are other women and media/marketing. I find nothing wrong whatsoever with women who chose not to shave. There's nothing gross or unfeminine about it to me.

Men may be able to pee anywhere, but that comes at the price of occasionally getting our penis stuck in the zipper. It is a fair trade-off though for not having to sit or hover over a public restroom toilet seat.



But one reason I'm really grateful to be female, is that I will always know exactly how many children I have. :D


LOL!.

Shoot, I can't think of any other "gender bender" songs so I'll have to put my superb song writing skills to use and write one on the spot.

Oh my girl, I saw a jockstrap on the floor
What's going on here, are you a whore
Did I catch you foolin' around with another man
Or is there a reason for those large hands

CHORUS:

My baby, ooooh, she's got a penis
I can't believe my girl has a penis
Whoooooooaaaa

I thought she was gifted before we broke up
As if that explained how she peed standing up
I don't even know how I didn't conclude
This particular fact after we slept in the nude

(repeat chorus 2x)

Shoot, I can't think of any other "gender bender" songs so I'll have to put my superb song writing skills to use and write one on the spot.

Oh my girl, I saw a jockstrap on the floor
What's going on here, are you a whore
Did I catch you foolin' around with another man
Or is there a reason for those large hands

CHORUS:

My baby, ooooh, she's got a penis
I can't believe my girl has a penis
Whoooooooaaaa

I thought she was gifted before we broke up
As if that explained how she peed standing up
I don't even know how I didn't conclude
This particular fact after we slept in the nude

(repeat chorus 2x)
Surprise Surprise Surprise.  I'd applaud your creativity but it says I can't.  not bad for impromptu on the spot

Women have it better than guys, I think.


I agree.  A space alien would almost surely find a woman more attractive.  They live longer, tend to be nicer, actually get something on Valentine's Day, and can have sex with pretty much any guy they want if they're even somewhat attractive.

I don't know what it's like exactly, but I think I prefer the social expectations over menstruation...


Yeah, but they get extra years to their lifespan for it.

The people obligating women to shave are other women and media/marketing. I find nothing wrong whatsoever with women who chose not to shave. There's nothing gross or unfeminine about it to me.




I definitely agree with you Red Ant.
Force of habit makes me shave, and the fact that I get winter itch...
But honestly, if I never knew that women were 'supposed' to shave to be more womanly - I probably never would have shaved at all. ;)

If I was a woman for just one day, I'd take naughty photos of myself, and sell them on ebay ;D

I would like to be a woman for a day only to tee off from the ladies Tees.......

Men may be able to pee anywhere, but that comes at the price of occasionally getting our penis stuck in the zipper.



I chuckled a bit when I read this part... and my husband asked what I was laughing at, so I read it to him... he kinda shook his head and said "You think that's funny??" ;D ;D

I chuckled a bit when I read this part... and my husband asked what I was laughing at, so I read it to him... he kinda shook his head and said "You think that's funny??" ;D ;D


Oh my freaking god it hurts so bad.  Luckily, I've probably only done it once in the past decade.

^Oh crap that is the kind of pain that can make you sing like a soprano.

^Oh crap that is the kind of pain that can make you sing like a soprano.


;D

I can falsetto though. 

We're all living the

(a few tones up)

Thug Life!

Actually, the ultimate gender bender song was written about a year ago and goes as follows...

Think 'She' by Elvis Costello

Heshe
May be the Thai i can't forget
A trace of Cognac and Tourettes
Should be my new bride for the price I had to pay
Heshe is in to kinky kinds of things
Wants to come with me to Colorado Springs
May be a hundred different things
But just two as far as i know.

Heshe
May be the beauty of the Far East
May have had a fling with a Priest
Seems to know a lot about military personnel
Heshe's crotch appears to have seams
A Sadistic nature in extremes
Heshe may not be what heshe may seem
Inside it's shell

Heshe
Has an amazingly active sex drive
Is somewhat shocked im still alive
Told me i'd better think about taking five
Me I

If I could be a woman for one day, I'd probably spend all that time in the shower.  :D

I've been through it. I was a short-haired, big-jacket wearing 80s girl, following Boy George and Annie Lennox-  bib-front skirts with man's shirt and half a head shaved.
My college roommate says "The only way we got through college was Karen thought she was a bisexual british man and I thought ai was a fat black woman"
And we turned out OK.

Men may be able to pee anywhere, but that comes at the price of occasionally getting our penis stuck in the zipper. It is a fair trade-off though for not having to sit or hover over a public restroom toilet seat.

LOL!.


Um Sweetie, I think you're supposed to tuck it back in your drawers when you're finished...unless you're not wearing any!  :o

But to answer the question, yeah I'd do it for a day as long as it was a Sunday and I could sit on the couch all day and watch TV and let my partner take care of the kids, laundry, dogs, and every meal.  LOL!!

I've been through it. I was a short-haired, big-jacket wearing 80s girl, following Boy George and Annie Lennox-  bib-front skirts with man's shirt and half a head shaved.
My college roommate says "The only way we got through college was Karen thought she was a bisexual british man and I thought ai was a fat black woman"
And we turned out OK.
hey! you called me weird for even asking, didn't you!? ;D

I would do it for a day. Not a work day....that was a good comment- I"m not going to work as a man.  I already think I run everything.

hey! you called me weird for even asking, didn't you!? ;D
oh, duh. of course it was lyndon la roche.

Um Sweetie, I think you're supposed to tuck it back in your drawers when you're finished...unless you're not wearing any!   :o



Ever heard the term 'going commando'?

It's probably been 20+ years since I've had a 'zipper malfunction' involving tender parts, which is why the remote possibility is preferable to sitting on/hovering over public toilets all of the time.

I suppose I would have to make sure I left the seat down though at my house for the hypothetical change for a day, I'd hate to stumble out of bed half-asleep for a nature call and put my posterior down on cold porcerlain, or worse, fall in.

Ever heard the term 'going commando'?



Sure I have.

But if you were "going commando" I think one would take just a little extra time to make sure the lil' guy was safe a sound before you zipped up...but then again I'm not a guy and I'd never even had to worry about that!  LOL!!

But now I'll have to go ask my husband if this has ever happen to him. 

Heck yeah. For a day I would. Then I can write things in pee.  ;D

Every conversation ends with pee talk! You guys are obsessed.  I don't know how your minds all go there... ;)

Every conversation ends with pee talk! You guys are obsessed.  I don't know how your minds all go there... ;)
not me! i'm pure as the driven snow. i've never had an impure thought. :)

not me! i'm pure as the driven snow. i've never had an impure thought. :)

No matter how many times you post it....that won't make it true.

No matter how many times you post it....that won't make it true.

it's the "big lie" strategy. la roche'll tell you about it.

it's the "big lie" strategy. la roche'll tell you about it.


Funny you should mention that, this guy wearing a beret and sunglasses was speaking to me today.. and i've forgotten all about the strategy  :-\\

I don't know what it's like exactly, but I think I prefer the social expectations over menstruation...



Amen. I applaud you for that statement.

I wouldn't mind being a girl for a day.What would Robin say? ;D

Suuuuuuuuure....and Harmonica and I are lovers ::)
Huh. That's what HE was always telling me, too.

I wonder what it's like to get a period? ;D

I wonder what it's like to get a period? ;D


Mike: Where's that cattle prod of yours?

Mike: Where's that cattle prod of yours?



Why are you asking Mike for the cattle prod?

Men are lucky in a lot of ways though... on hot days they can go outside topless without getting funny looks... they don't menstruate, they are not obligated to shave, they can sleep on their stomach anytime without having to worry about sore boobs, they can pee virtually anywhere, etc...

But one reason I'm really grateful to be female, is that I will always know exactly how many children I have. :D


But there ARE sore things when we lay on our stomach.

I don't think it's women that are unlucky.. I just think society and culture at large are just stupid.

But there ARE sore things when we lay on our stomach.


...That made me grin.

Yes, I'm curious about what it would be like to be a woman.

Mike: Where's that cattle prod of yours?
Here ya go. Take your pick.

http://www.newint.org/issue327/Images/monk.jpg

now "cattle prod" will also come up on the office computer's autocomplete. Along with "Norwegian massacre" and "crying demons."

Me with Testosterone for a day.  Okay, I can do that. :)

Here ya go. Take your pick.

http://www.newint.org/issue327/Images/monk.jpg

now "cattle prod" will also come up on the office computer's autocomplete. Along with "Norwegian massacre" and "crying demons."


You really need a job where those are part of the occupation's daily jargon. So do I.

I wonder about changing privates. ;D

now "cattle prod" will also come up on the office computer's autocomplete. Along with "Norwegian massacre" and "crying demons."



In my autocomplete will also be religious, cult and suicide.
As is gay art.