 men. Now, personally, I myself do not buy into this belief ladyboys have that they are a woman trapped in a man’s body. I just don’t buy it. I believe in choices. Some men figure life would be easier as a woman and make the choice to reorient their entire life to that. I know.. I know, they don’t see it that way and they are entitled to their own opinion. But, to me, if a person is starting out at first base confused about their gender in life.. is it really all that far a stretch when they begin to behave, not as a woman.. but as a Man acting like what he –thinks- a woman acts like? Do you see what I’m saying here? REAL women for the most part do not hit the high end of the drama scale as often as ladyboys do. Now, if they really were women trapped in a man’s body, they’d act really naturally and similar to most any other woman. But they don’t. Everything from their mannerisms to their emotions are copies and expressions of their observations of women. And even with ingested hormones, they are not functioning on the full plethora of hormones real women operate from.
I could be in a room full of real women and if someone drops a book on a table with a loud sound.. real women don’t start throwing their hands up and letting out a scream followed with panting and fanning their face for air. But ladyboys do. That’s what I’m talking about.
What I do see is more of an economic edge in making that gender transition here in the
Philippines. Unemployment here among men is over 40%. attraction to men via a ladyboy lifestyle.
Again, that’s just my two-peso theory. You can say I’m totally off-base all you want. All I know is.. the pieces fit. The only advantages to being a ladyboy in the Philippines boil down to nabbing a rich foreigner, either for the night or the long haul if they can pull that off..
This indicates, to me, that the end-game Cinderella story of meeting their Prince Charming is just not a viable likelihood and they eventually give up on it. Now, I’m sure. Delia says she sees foreigners walking around with ladyboys every once in a while, but not at the same frequency as with Filipina women.
And of the poor Filipino men who I hear of that are dating an employed ladyboy, it is so he can sponge off of her. him. Other countries, maybe they do it as a lifestyle choice. But here it appears the motive is often a shortcut to get in on the rich-foreigner action. Is it just a coincidence that ladyboys tend to target ‘rich’ foreigners? If they are truly just women trapped in men’s bodies, wouldn’t they be falling in love just as randomly as real women do? Real Filipinas here for the most part marry Filipinos because percentage-wise.. there really aren’t that many foreigners living here compared to Filipinos. And real women here are not as aggressive as ladyboys are, unless they’re working in a girlie-bar that is. Real Filipina women prefer to be approached and in general do not instigate “the first move” to break the ice.
Another thing, I’m not finding fault with them. It’s a tough life here and they’re just trying to find a way to get by. I can understand that. I don’t think they are out to hurt anyone. I think because of the way they throw themselves into what they’re doing.. between the social stigma and constantly getting dumped by one fleeting interaction after another it must be a real downer for them at times. But I still believe it’s a choice they made which they rationalized after the fact. They really do believe what they tell themselves. But I believe that at the outset they figured out they would rather find someone who provided them with some security (like real women expect) rather than be the man who is supposed to be providing some form of security.
Everyone makes choices. Over on the other end of town there are girls turning tricks for $8 and hooked on drugs. Other women stay clean from drugs but are still taking guys home from the karaoke bar because there’s 2,000 pesos in it for them. In my view, there are no white knights in play. Everyone has their own issues to deal with. For some, it’s too much of the bottle, or the casino, chasing skirts or a dishonest dollar. I don’t see ladyboys as bad people. As a momentary acquaintance they can actually be a very lively bunch to party with. But it doesn’t matter to me if a person is a real woman or a ladyboy when either is latching on emotionally right away it tells me something is up and that something is usually Drama.
Another thing, most of the ladyboys I’ve met or observed have been in either Mactan or Cebu. Life is kinda.. ‘gritty’ shall we say in some parts of town and I’m willing to believe that just like some places in California have their share of trailer-park girls versus Uptown girls.. I’m sure it’s entirely possible that somewhere there exists a place where the the ladyboys are the wage-earners and want nothing from their man other than his.. attention. But I myself haven’t seen such a place. Maybe in Thailand where it is a bit more accepted
Take your pick.. they are all genuine Ladyboys.
a practice is where ladyboys are not so desperate and clingy at the sight of a foreigner. So.. I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. As for the Cebu/Mactan area.. it’s pretty consistently what I’ve described here. In fact, while attending Sinulog just last week, I was there the night before and despite being surrounded by literally over a thousand people.. two ladyboys found me out of a crowd and latched on to me. Seriously, one wrapped his/her arm around me there on the street and wouldn’t let go. The other one stayed on my other side as I made my way through the crowd. It only took them about five minutes to suggest the three of us going to a hotel nearby. I told them I was just there for the festival and they’d be spending their time better finding someone interested in their offer over near Mango Square. Once they realized there was no money to be had.. they disappeared back into the crowd.. But all the while you gotta know that their agenda is one they will pursue aggressively if you are as polite to them as you’d normally be to anyone else. Maybe it is better to immediately be blunt and clear that you’re “not interested” so they can just go their way. How you handle it is up to you.
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