What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

‘Yet even today, the evidence suggests that it would be a shrewd career move for a woman to disguise herself as a man. People who have transformed their identity in this way - namely, female to male transsexuals - report decidedly beneficial consequences in the workplace. Ben Barres is a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University and a female-to-male transsexual. In an article in Nature he recalls that ’[s]hortly after I changed sex, a faculty member was heard to say “Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister’s.” Similar stories cropped up in a recent interview study of twenty-nine female-to-male transsexuals. Kirsten Schilt, a Research Fellow at Houston’s Rice University, interviewed the men about their work experiences both before and after their transition from women to men. Her study reveals that many immediately enjoyed greater recognition and respect. Thomas, an attorney, related how a colleague praised the boss for getting rid of Susan, whom he regarded as incompetent. He then added that the 'new guy’, Thomas, was 'just delightful’ - not realising, of course, that Thomas and Susan were one and the same.' 

- Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender, Chapter 5: The Glass Workplace

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   Fucking misogyny.

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