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A recent development in a lovely RP I happen to currently be in has left me with a curiosity for all of the wonderful writers of RPR.


If you were to change gender, what is the first thing you think you would do about it???

If I was at home I would probably be like, "Uuuh...... Dad? I need some help." If it was at school, I would go up to one of my guy friends, wait for them to notice and say, "Now, you can't treat me like a weak girl!" I would be that ONE person who wouldn't literally flip my lid and ask a million questions.

I'd faint from horror.

This.

But in seriousness, I don't feel like it's a question that can be answered without more context. The first thing I would do about it would depend on what I knew about how the transformation had occurred. Touching an ancient alien artifact would yield a different investigation than being cursed by an ancient gypsy woman, for example.

But the way the question is phrased makes it sound like there's no precipitating event, you're just suddenly gender swapped with no context, which would result in all out panic. What CAN you do there?

I suppose I might check Facebook and old photo albums to see if I had always been male and thus was either psychotic or dealing with an actual reality swap rather than just a gender swap. If the evidence showed that I had always been male, it would severely limit who I could ask for help without being committed.

Umm, If i woke up a girl I'd probably ask for help, and I'd probably stare at myself for several hours straight. X3
I'd see if anyone else changed too :o
And whatever else i could think of checking out(who did it, is it permanent, etc.)

If I woke up and realized my body was now male....I'd be afraid to touch any part of my new body. Who's body is this? Am I dreaming? Is this really me but male-ified....? That means I should look similar to my brother....definitely don't want to use the bathroom anytime soon. I'd be so afraid to move
It would be like someone dumped a bunch of angry bees on me but they weren't going to sting me so long as I didn't move.

"IMMA DUDE HOLY SHEETS!"

If I were to wake up one morning as a girl, I'd first wonder what the heck I've been doing the other night, double check the remains of my dinner for any 'fairy dust' and google to make sure I didn't accidentally step into the 24 hour store version of a plastic surgeon's practise.

And then I'd cry a lot because I will have lost my beard

Not necessarily.......

Tough question.

Generally speaking, I'm a pretty laid-back guy, so I doubt I would go flipping my lid on anyone. I'd be super confused more than I would be likely to lash out. Somewhat scared as well probably, though assuming I wouldn't be missing any limbs (other than the obvious, which is more awkward than terrifying anyway), I'd probably be relatively calm.

That said, I am a firm believer in living in the moment and not in the past, so I'm more inclined towards taking what I'm given and running with it than I am trying to get back what I've lost.

I'm not sure. I'd probably freak out if it happened out of nowhere for no reason, but I can live with being a guy. I'd still be me, just with extra dangly bits and hairier.

I'd immediately make a tumblr account and scream at men for being intrinsically evil.

I...um...would actually take advantage of being a guy. Go around topless, wear swim trunks. Hang out literally as one of the guys instead of the girl pretending to be one of the guys...

Of course, probably after getting beat up a time or two for looking at someone wrong, I'd be ready to switch back. And it'd be super awkward if any of my friends (who are girls) started hitting on me.

...Um. *coughs* I'm not crazy. I'm just a writer who would record everything about being a guy for future reference. Oh look, a plot bunny...

That's more or less what I would do, at least after the initial shock. I'd probably still avoid getting in too many serious fights, I think.

This is interesting to me. Is it personal experiences that make you think guys fight all the time for no reason, or something else?

I'd walk around pants less for a while because omg I have a danglybob! Haha. I think I'd be happy. I could still wear dresses anyway so there's not a lot I'm doing now that I'd be limited to do. I'd probably do gross "dances" with my stuff and laugh like an idiot because if I don't take advantage of that then I'm not living life to its fullest.

I sometimes wish I was a guy anyway. I like being A girl but I like dressing as a guy too. So nothing would change. Except my stuff lol.

I already get mistaken for a dude somehow anyway so no real loss!

Go home and raid my husband's wardrobe. None of my shirts would fit properly any more!

Let's just say I'd be spending a lot of time alone getting to know my new body. :B

I'd probably get into mild fights quite often. I like horsing around and playing rough but it sometimes gets out of hand with certain people.
Since a few of my friends question my femininity as it is, I don't think I'd have much trouble adapting.

I'd see if there are actually couches in the woman's washrooms. Yeah, besides that, I got nothing else in mind

Well, rarely does a fight start over nothing. But I guess I'm just thinking back to the fights that happened in high school. None of my college (male) friends ever got into fights. That I knew about. Sorry, I guess I stereotyped there. BUT SEE. This is exactly what such an event would prevent: stereotyping.

I'd be surprised, then if I wasn't too embarrassed, turn to a close friend for help so we could figure out what caused the switch and how to reverse it. Or I'd embark on this quest alone. Either way I'd want to switch back, I kinda like being a guy.

Might be interesting to see how things are different, such as using the bathroom. Speaking of which, using a public one would be strange. Having to remember not to go into the men's but still feeling weird going into the womens.