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Life can be quite difficult for some individuals. Being a transexual woman has been very difficult and the road at times was rough. To be a transexual is to be disposable in the eyes of society which is trying to marginalize and dismiss me as having a severe

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Society & Lifestyle > Political Values American democracy on the road to dictatorship: 3 of 28
Fear is the ultimate force. Fear will manipulate more people and is more oppressive than any other form of control. Fear can be consumptive causing people to suspend rational thought. Fear can force people to make choices they would never make and often times live to regret.Fear can cause you to lose your perspective as to wh... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Does biology or society have a stronger influence on the development of our gender identity?: 4 of 16
Some gender specialist feel that the brain receives it's gender about six weeks after conception and that once this gender is set there is no changing it. X-rays of the brain show that there are differences in the areas of the brain used by men and women. In essence men and women think differently and act differently. The lev... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Why human beings don't need a religion: 5 of 19
It is amusing that people believe that society needs a religion to exist. They believe that if we don't have that threat of eternal damnation in Hell that society would fall apart with people raping and pillaging. These people assert that without a God and the threat of eternal punishment for sinners that there is no reason ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Identity: 10 of 37
We really have two identities, we have the identity that the world gives us by what it perceives and we have the identity that we give to ourselves. Somewhere between the world of what should be and the world of what is, that is where our identity lies. Somewhere between what we wanted to do and what we ended up doing, but al... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Do two wrongs make a right?: 4 of 13
Two wrongs, three wrongs, four wrongs, it doesn't seem to make a difference with the current administration, they are right no matter how wrong they are.The administration went from a surplus budget to a deficit budget verging on massive recession but they are still right. The administration went into a war that would take si... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Evaluating advertisements using cross-dressed men and whether the transgendered community is negatively affected: 1 of 3
Badly crossdressed men seem to be a regular fall back for some unimaginative advertising agencies. The transgendered community continues to be the target of cruel humor on television dished out by phobic ad agencies. Many agencies in their haste to make fun of this group knowingly or unknowingly cross the lines of decency wh... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Thanksgiving Secrets to enjoying family holidays: 9 of 26
Thanksgiving and Christmas can be two of the hardest times of the year for some people.Do you really think the suicide rate rises at Christmas because a person wants to be a killjoy and ruin someone's holidays? Many who suffer during the holidays live lonely isolated lives abandoned by the world and their families.Let me ask ... More..
Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues Homophobia: My views: 11 of 28
This is going to make overt homophiles howl but I have found that someone who is very homophobic is not homophobic out of ignorance but out of fear of what lies inside of themselves. What you are seeing in overt homophiles is overcompensation for the fact that they are hiding some sort of attraction or jealousy because they ... More..
Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues Homophobic issues involving youth, their schools and their famillies: 2 of 5
Schools are nothing more than a reflection of the views of society. Teachers can be as narrow minded and bigoted as anyone else. Homophobia in schools can be reduced only if we can reduce homophobia in society. Children pick up most of their prejudices at home and from the world around them. School only helps to reinforce tho... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Does the current publishing industry actually hurt writers and limit creativity?: 2 of 4
The current publishing industry does more harm to writers than it ever does to help them. An average publisher will publish five novels a year and they may receive over fifty thousand submittals a year. Surly in those forty nine thousand nine hundred and ninety five books rejected there are at least a few if not many, stories... More..