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Feb. 14th, 2009 04:26 pmWednesday I gave blood. (Giving blood, by the way, is a skill. Yes, the weight loss and metabolic shifts might have made things easier - though hello, blood pressure of 105/65 probably not really making it *easier*. But little things like telling them "Oh, I know that one *looks* really good, but it never works. There's one right under the middle that you can't see, but you can feel it just find and it's much better," have vastly improved my chances of making a complete donation.)
During the standard questionaire, the guy asked: "You're female?"
"Yes." Said I.
"Um, your *birth* gender is female?"
"Uh-huh."
I'm still wondering if he thought this was not the case. (A possibility that delights me. And the bonier my face gets, the more androgynous I look, I think. But... okay, I'm tall, broad shouldered, and muscular. And my hips are narrowish for a woman, though wide-ish for a guy, I'd think - but I'd think the wushu butt kind of counterbalanced that, and, well, what else about my figure is non feminine? Dear gods, did he think I have breasts this size on purpose? I'm not quite willing to go under the knife to have them reduced, but...) Perhaps he had been told he needed to ask the question, but he was dubious about that... It seemed like he was really dubious about whether I was female.
This is particularly funny, because I've been feeling more comfortable with my femininity this last bit. (Maybe there's less of it to be comfortable with?)
During the standard questionaire, the guy asked: "You're female?"
"Yes." Said I.
"Um, your *birth* gender is female?"
"Uh-huh."
I'm still wondering if he thought this was not the case. (A possibility that delights me. And the bonier my face gets, the more androgynous I look, I think. But... okay, I'm tall, broad shouldered, and muscular. And my hips are narrowish for a woman, though wide-ish for a guy, I'd think - but I'd think the wushu butt kind of counterbalanced that, and, well, what else about my figure is non feminine? Dear gods, did he think I have breasts this size on purpose? I'm not quite willing to go under the knife to have them reduced, but...) Perhaps he had been told he needed to ask the question, but he was dubious about that... It seemed like he was really dubious about whether I was female.
This is particularly funny, because I've been feeling more comfortable with my femininity this last bit. (Maybe there's less of it to be comfortable with?)
