many of you may not be old enough to remember a TV mini-series called "Shogun". The series was interesting for one reason - when the main character finds himself marooned in Japan before Japan had much if any contact with the west, they showed the first couple of episodes without translation - no subtitles, no voice dubs, the Japanese spoke Japanese, and the audience was to be drawn into the main character's confusion.
Well, like that character, I was washed up on the shores of a strange country called Guyland, and I had little choice but to try and learn the language and culture so I could survive. Now, many years later, I have set sail for Girlland, but I realize that for a while I'm going to be a stranger in a strange land - I'm going to have to unlearn the habits I picked up on Guyland, and re-learn the language of Girlland almost from scratch.
But I can do it, I know I can.
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The title role in that mini-series was played by Richard Chamberland as I recall, and the object of the no subtitles was to teach the audience Japanese..... it was a neat series as I learneda smattering of the language and could appreciate the way of the Samurai warrior ,,,, thanks for the memory trip Kitten , I appreciate it HAI
Cool Metaphor, Dottie
However, (just my opinion) you probably learned lots of things about girls, their behavior, Canadian fashion, etc., just from the girls and wimyn in your life. It's not like you were raised from a baby by hermit monks. Guy behavior, sure, you had to learn it, but, as I recall, some of it didn't make any sense to me, like bonding after fighting with someone. Happened to me in Jr. High; I thought the guy was nuts acting all friendly after fighting with me. Luckily the fight lasted 1 or 2 minutes before it was broken up; neither of us touched the other.
There was another guy thing, what was going on was obvious, but the behavior really repelled me. It always happened after a religious service where there was some food and drinks. The wimyn all formed circles and won't let me in. The guys, in their circles began telling stories and they immediately went into "I can top that" behavior. It was as if one guy won, he'd be alpha and have his pick of the wimyn or something. To me it was rude, primitive and anti-welcoming. Since I couldn't be with the wimyn or the men, I went off and found my daughters and would play with and feed them and other toddlers.
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
So? Where does one book passage on this ship? :p
May you have a pleasant voyage, and find a home in your new land.
Shogun was a very good series, one of my all time favorites in fact.
Those who liked it might like another film about the end of that era "The Last Samurai" which is also very much a stranger in a strange land tale. And one more I would also recommend based else where, "The thirteenth Warrior" but also with a similar cultural and language barrier theme. All these including "Shogun" are a bit military or warrior oriented in theme but it is the cultural component that makes the stories stand out.
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Who says you have to unlearn the guy habits? Retaining some of it will make you a more balanced person.
A fully transitioned transwoman who has learned all the woman habits whilst retaining knowledge of the guy ones will have an advantage over the female-born women who never had to learn the guy habits. More power to you, right?
Its a process not an event.
Pilot ( Richard Chamberlain ) was suffering from a stranger in a strange land syndrome. But Toranaga ( Tafumie ) saw his potential as at first just a usefull tool then an allied spirit. Pilot was absorbed into Japanese culture to a great extent.
This is what all of us T girls seek, but for some reason we perceive a nonexistent barrier, and try to get over, through, under etc etc etc, May I shair what I have learned, and that we are already women, and we just need to absorbe from our environment, the essence we already are predisposed to be. No try, do or do not, be who you are, just let go of that imaginary wall, and be genuinely open to the ocean of womenhood you sail on. No barriers between you and the ocean. Then gradually as you surender to this knowingnes you will become who you really are.
Then one glorious morning a women will awaken, and she will be happily everafter you.
With those with open eyes the world reads like a book