MovieChat Forums > The Crying Game (1993) Discussion > Could you pass yourself off as the oppos...

Could you pass yourself off as the opposite sex?

posted 11 years ago by skyblazeeterno
1 reply | jump to latest

I think it largely depends upon your face and build - certain face shapes are asexual and smaller builds too lending themselves well to conversion

I like all the comments by the cynics with no real life experience on this board stating they were not fooled and could never be fooled...really? Just visit a red light area and you'd be amazed that some of the women are men. I have even dated a few women who were genuine women but friends have thought they were transexual - LOL maybe that means I like masculine women...dont know

[–] gothbreed 11 years ago

Oh it is totally true regarding those saying "Oh I could see that/I knew that", although I must admit that in regards of specifically the character Dil, I did already know, for the reason that I had been recommended the movie specifically because of Dil's character.

But sure, there are lots of transsexuals that none of those guys(and women) would realize are actually males. Those claiming they would always be able to tell, mainly do so because they feel it either too frightening to admit so as they feel it somehow "confirms" the transsexual in question, which they view as a threat to their sexuality, or, feel it "emasculating" to admit that they would be unable to for the same reason.

I attach an example of a famous transsexual singer that the mentioned people had not been capable of "clocking" if she had been unknown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv2TS1Sn20w