sunairco
05-25-2010, 12:18 AM
I really don't know how to ask this question of the ladies on this board as it's no doubt very different then how GG's develop. Watching my girls mature, you seen a gradual process that really starts when they're toddlers. They instinctively seemed to know how to play their grandfathers and to some degree their grandmothers. The transition to adulthood was very different though, but in it's inital stages, you could see the foundations were already there. The awkwardness slowly gives way to an awareness and confidence, building an arsenal of wiles at their disposal. For them, there seemed to be a natural predisposition to this behavior as well as one that's learned and supported within their social group. There were times that I would hear conversations within earshot that almost equated boys with labratory rats where the cause and effect observations were shared between them, so there is a strong intersocial learning component that's part of this too.
That sort of makes me wonder how you ladies cope with this as you transition. You've never really had the same growing and maturing experience the way a GG develops physically,socially, and emotionally. This would seem to be something that not only occurs rather swiftly with transition, you have to deal with it real time without much support or models to emulate. Heads are turning, you're suddenly being objectified by males and have this attention. With it comes a formidable power over men that find themselves attracted to you. I would suspect that having a board like this,chat,and PM's gives you some opportunity that you wouldn't have had before the internet as a buffer.
Did you navigate this alone or have support? How did you, or are you reach(ing) that point of confidence? How do you manage seperating the sexualized object the men see from the person within?
That sort of makes me wonder how you ladies cope with this as you transition. You've never really had the same growing and maturing experience the way a GG develops physically,socially, and emotionally. This would seem to be something that not only occurs rather swiftly with transition, you have to deal with it real time without much support or models to emulate. Heads are turning, you're suddenly being objectified by males and have this attention. With it comes a formidable power over men that find themselves attracted to you. I would suspect that having a board like this,chat,and PM's gives you some opportunity that you wouldn't have had before the internet as a buffer.
Did you navigate this alone or have support? How did you, or are you reach(ing) that point of confidence? How do you manage seperating the sexualized object the men see from the person within?