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Originally Posted by ruffryder

fellas does it ruffle your feathers when femmes or straight women compare you to hot bio males or is it a confidence boost and something you hope would happen?
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I love it. The last was Jack Nicholson - after I looked horrified, she said in his younger days. I don't believe her. But I'll take it - not really because he's a born-male, but because the last few years have been the first time in my life anyone has compared me to anyone at all. It grounds me and gives me a sense of how I am perceived, a mirror. The dysphoria doesn't end so much, at least for me, with transition. People have a very clear image of me, and it is helpful to hear what that is. Even comments like "you strike me as the kind of guy who ..." -are incredibly useful and grounding for me.