From: Michelle Jenkins (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Thu Aug 05 2010 - 23:19:31 CDT
Hi
Kumiko related some of what she's heard when lurking in the crowd.
Seemed to me though that while undoubted true it reflects only one side
of what can and is heard or seen.
We need to remember that as Vegas is one of the great melting pts of the
world, still seen as some as the centre of sin for the religious
world(s). There are a lot of people who come to Las Vegas from very
conservative areas, expecting to be shocked and still surprised by the
depth of depravity they see! :-)
We of course are seen part of that depravity. So sure you going to get a
lot of "shock and awe" comments as related by Kumiko however as most of
us know there is vast percentage of those living in or visiting Las
Vegas that don't notice anything around them at all. It is what makes
Las Vegas a great place to visit, especially if you want to temporarily
reassign your gender presentation!
I would go back to a specific point I made earlier about passability.
There are a lot of GG's that don't pass and you can look at them and
think maybe that's a guy. How do you think they feel, in fact, do they
even know they're not passing as females / women? Probably not because
they're comfortable with their actual and real gender and therefore have
no alternative mode to exist in. Deep!!
So if you want to pass the trick I think is to ignore what goes on
around, the comments, the looks, the stares and "believe" you are a
women. Getting the makeup, wig / hair and clothes right helps enormously
and a little bit of body reshaping, boobs, hip pads (marvellous
invention!!!) and waist cinchers help and little taping or securing
otherwise loose anatomical items completes the ensemble.
With some practice, confidence and probably a few failures along the way
most men can become a passable women. What the Dress Guidelines would
say is if you do that around your natural age, weight and height then
the chances of being "acceptable" are greater than other wise.
Some of the best dressed most well presented CDERs at DLV have not had
ideal body size, shape, weight but their makeup, presentation and
demeanour have been thoughtfully developed and well prepared. Of course
they get "read" but less often than you might expect.
When the passability test fails (for an individual) on a regular basis
this is usually where you start getting to hear some of the Kumiko
related comments. You also can't help but get it when we, as a group,
mingle with great unwashed as happens from time to time on the limo tour
and other activities. To be perfectly honest these times are by far the
most uncomfortable for me personally, I think mainly because of the
potential lack of control if something "goes wrong"...you only need one
drunk lout to try and start something and everything could go down hill
quickly.
Indeed a situation developed in Wynn's in 2009, where group of young men
and women came into the same casino bar as a small group of us (Cders
(4-5) and two SO/GG's). They saw us and started making loud and lewd
comments. The waitress who had been taking our orders saw what was
happening had called security within a minute or so of their arrival.
Nothing eventuated and really probably wasn't going to inside the Wynn.
Anyway my thoughts for today....
Hugs
Michelle
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