Why we like shemales

[Elonar]

Originally Posted by TRK

Attraction towards shemales is not at all gayish. Its what they call it as gay curious. After all its the feminine features of a shemale that we are attracted towards and not the masculine features....So enjoy watching shemales and happy jerking.....

So, I'm a male and enjoy my functional masculinity. From this it follows that it is the male in me that appreciates the femininity in m2f transgenders, and seeks to view these as beautiful.

So how about the feminine side of me. Do I stray into lesbian desires if the feminine part of me appreciates that same beauty ? Come to that my wife thinks that many of the m2f transgenders on this site are quite exquisite - so does that make her bisexual ? ( which she certainly isn't ).

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ( or so they say ). Does Ladyboy Amy cease to be beautiful because I don't like the look of her penis ?

If it comes to that, hey, there are some m2f transgenders that visually take my breath away without giving me a hard-on.

It all comes down to taste in the end ( no pun intended ).

Having said all that, there's nothing like a bit of fantasizing . . .

Oh yeah

[anbusoup]

I believe the problem comes from how we define Gay, Straight, Bisexual, etc. I feel a lot of these notions are outdated and hardly representative of the complexity of sexuality and gender identity. Firstly I view sexuality in terms of two key attributes, the feminine and the masculine. For instance a muscled hair chest would be considered a predominantly masculine trait, while thin hands would be considered feminine (but of course a lot of these are up for debate).

Next in terms of one's sexual identity I don't see individuals as purely gay or straight, I see it as a sort of attraction percentage. So a stereotypical "straight" person might actually be like 80% attracted to feminine traits, but have a subtle 20% attraction to the masculine side of things. On the flip side a gay individual simply has these ratios reversed.

I theorize that individuals such as ourselves have an attraction to masculine traits that are greater than usual 20%. And remember even within this subset there are gradients.

Now for some examples: And don't worry about the numbers here folks im just spit balling to make a point.

Notice fans of only Bailey Jay (see examples below) most likely fall closer to a 70/30 split (70% feminine attraction, 30% masculine attraction) while someone who is a fan of say Danni Daniels as well is more of a 60/40 split. For Bailey Jay exclusive fans, Danni Daniels is far too "gay" for them. But what they really are trying to say is that their personal sexuality percentage does not reach that particular level in terms of masculine attraction.

I feel this notion also applies to gender identity (though I doubt if there is a tangible connection between the two). Thoughts?

[Boner]

I agree that the masculine/feminine attraction is on a continuum. I also think it's pretty fluid for me on the feminine attraction side. I like ultra feminine women and women with masculine traits. Sometimes they overlap like these two. The first is drag queen Tatiana and the second in female porn star Shay Fox.

[Mrs Garrison]

I love Shay Fox. Skinny, average, fit etc. As long as the body is feminine, I'm happy. A guy or transsexual can never be too feminine but I think some women can be way too masculine like those body builder types. Anyway, I like shemales because I'm bi-sexual.

[Boner]

I agree, a woman can't be too feminine but I really strong, Amazon type women!