@sjmcc13 I admit that I lost my temper, but it kind of amazes me how much open homophobia and transphobia there is amongst some of the readers of the genderbender genre. There isn't really any discussion that can be had with that sort of person. But since you're making some reasonable arguments, I'll explain myself further.
In my mind, the genderbender genre on this website can by divided into two types: Those where the MC returns to their original gender by the end of the novel, and those who stay as their new gender by the end. The majority of novels I've seen on this website fall into the second category. Now, the thing that the genderbender genre almost always gets wrong is gender dysphoria; the feeling of being in the wrong body. The majority of humans feel comfortable in the body they're born with, and those people are referred to as cisgender. Those who don't feel comfortable are not-cis, for which transgender and non-binary people fall under. The thing that some genderbent novels get wrong, is the idea that a cis person can be put in an opposite gendered body and not feel dysphoric. The novels where the MC returns to their original gender do sometimes depict gender dysphoria, but more often than not its played off for gags and laughs instead of the terrifying and crippling feeling it is. The novels where the MC is initially shocked by the change but then get used to it don't understand how gender dysphoria works; its not something that one can get used to, UNLESS the mc was originally not cisgender without realizing it. In summary, the point I'm trying to make is that there is no such thing as a cis person not experiencing gender dysphoria while in a different gender's body. That person would have had to be transgender or genderfluid, even if they themselves don't realize it at the time. As such, since the MC of this story doesn't experience gender dysphoria and actually seems to quite like being a girl, then there is no possible way that she could be called a man, because if she was one then she would be suffering from crippling depression and trying to change her body back ASAP. The reason why
@Mant and
@Iskarioth are being transphobic is because they are stating that the MC is a man, solely because she was one in her previous life. Despite making vague comments about it, she exhibits none of the symptoms of gender dysphoria and has zero interest in becoming man. They seem to think that because she was a man in her previous life she is one now, without suffering the effects of gender dysphoria. They think its possible for a cis man to be in a different gendered body and not feel uncomfortable, essentially arguing that gender dysphoria does not exist, which it does, proven by numerous scientific and medical studies. There is no possible way, logical or emotional, for the mc of this story to still be male, and to insist otherwise is denying the existence of gender dysphoria and grossly misunderstanding the story.
Sure, there are other genderbender novels where the MC might still be male despite being in a female body, but this is not one of them.
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@The_H_Guy see above for why I'm not just throwing around buzzwords to make myself feel superior