The Tiresias Gate

[SlickTony]

One of my fantasies, which I've never gotten around to developing into a story, involves passing through some field/dimension/gate/other SF/fantasy device that changes one into the opposite sex.. You'd set out a female and come back a male, for instance. The SF/fantasy element would obviate the entirely separate issues of (1) deciding to switch genders, and (2) the painful, drawn-out (and possibly unsatisfactory) results of transsexual surgery.

I posited this to my husband once--just kicking the idea around--and asked him if he'd let me fuck him under those circumstances. Not withstanding the fact that I have used a hand-held probe and a strap-on on him, he seemed somewhat taken aback at the concept of coming after him with a real live cock and said that he didn't think I'd be me, if I changed genders. I didn't agree. It seems to me that I'd still be me--I mean, who the hell else would I be? I would have the same memories. I'd know the same set of people, etc.

It seems to me that one of the big challenges of finding that one had morphed suddenly into one's opposite gender would be learning the body language, the mannerisms, the walk, etc. of his/her new sex. Otherwise you're just going to send signals to all sorts of people you didn't intend to receive them.

Of course gender comprises a great part of one's identity. But is it all of it? How much of a different person would you be if you were to change?

The concept has its precedent in the myth of Tiresias (I hope I've spelled him right) who had experienced sex as both genders, and said he'd had the most fun as a woman.

 

[flawed_ethics]

Of course Tiresias had more fun as a woman. If I had boobs, I'd be having more fun too.

It seems to me that one of the big challenges of finding that one had morphed suddenly into one's opposite gender would be learning the body language, the mannerisms, the walk, etc. of his/her new sex. Otherwise you're just going to send signals to all sorts of people you didn't intend to receive them.

Sounds like a NC/rape story right there.

I think switching gender would very much change who you are. As a guy, I think and act as one person unless my prick is involved. Whenever that things stirs, any train of thought in my head vaporizes. You can't get it back on track completely unless a cold shower is involved.

I don't know how it is for women, but over the period of a menstrual cycle, it must be something entirely different.

I think it just follows from there that mannerisms and how they are perceived differ as well. I can't imagine they wouldn't be.

Begs the question: would a vain person get turned on by themself? What if a twin walked through the portal, only to later confront their twin?

It would be very fun to read though.

 

[zorrro69]

Let's consider this situation - a big ancient city is under cruel siege by a big hero(named A). The last hope for the citizens is to find beautiful virgin to seduce the enemy leader. But nobody dares. Then the most brave and beautiful men (named B) in the city goes to the enemy. But first the city witch turns him into maginificent virgin beauty. By the way, our hero B, is just married for the moust beauty girl in the city. When B cames back, the witch fails to turn him back into a man. For to regenerate his man's shape B have to sleep with some number of men in his woman form. May be the situation can be compicated more - when A cames back to find B, but he is allready man!

 

[SlickTony]

I had always envisioned a singularity/force field/hyperspace kind of thing in an SF setting, but the thaumaturgical thing ought to work, too.

I think switching gender would very much change who you are. As a guy, I think and act as one person unless my prick is involved. Whenever that things stirs, any train of thought in my head vaporizes.

It's true, it's sometimes easier to derail a woman's train of sexual thought. I would think that in primitive man--or primates--a female would be distracted by the cry of an infant, her own, or another infant in her kinship group. A male, maybe more by the appearance of a predator or some other enemy.

Then, too, we must take into account the influence (sometimes malign) of culture and "civilization." There have been dark periods in our sexual history when women were actively discouraged from having sexual feelings. Nothing makes an impending orgasm turn around and go away like some massive distraction like (as I mentioned) the yell of a baby, the smell of something burning, or even a sudden negative thought. OTOH, these thing have a much lesser effect on two other physiological reflexes I can think of, a sneeze and a milk letdown. But then the forces of culture and civilization have not been brought to bear on discouraging them.

Begs the question: would a vain person get turned on by themself? What if a twin walked through the portal, only to later confront their twin?

Oh, I think they'd have loads of fun. Marion Zimmer Bradley did this in one of her Darkover novels--Two to Conquer.. It was necessary for a warlord to have a double for strategic purposes, so, acting on the theory that everyone has his double somewhere in the universe, the mages attached to the forces found and teleported this guy onto the planet. At one point the warlord and his double started a three-way with this girl, but forgot the girl pretty quickly. For no detail than was provided, it was pretty hot.

BTW, I'm tickled pink that someone actually replied to this thread. I saw where people viewed it and then backed out. I'd like to think that someone looked at it and went, I'll have to get back to this when I have some time to devote some serious thought to it, and if that's the case, I'm glad you did.

 

[Aurora_Took]

There are so many delicious ways to take a story with this theme. I will definitely keep checking your story list for it.