Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 5:00
Dating a man vs dating a woman - Does it feel different?
So that's been quite interesting for me personally, but really, the only other thing that I've noticed differencewise is how other people react to me. So people, friends and family seem a little bit more uncomfortable with me holding my partner's hand. Then they appeared to be when I used to hold my ex husband's hand and people would automatically see me even if they didn't know me and my ex husband, that he was my partner, whereas with my partner, people refer to my friend
Charlie Olivieri
@Charlieri · 1:50
And also we also have an extra layer of fat all over our entire body, which is why women often appear softer or less muscly, because there is always that extra layer of fat. And that's probably like a pregnancy thing, like a protection thing. But yeah, I think those little differences can be quite interesting, actually, in the fact that we do notice them. And obviously something very affirming for, like, trans women as well
Diya Patel
@diyapatel264 · 0:31
Wow. That's really interesting. And thank you for sharing, because I personally don't like to label myself as straight or by or anything at the moment, but I've always been intrigued to, like, know how it's it feels because I've never dated a woman before, so I don't know. But yeah, it's really cool that you shared this. And yeah, thanks for sharing and actually clearing my doubts. And you're right
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 2:21
Hey, Charlie, no worries at all. I love a good tangent, so absolutely fine. You talk about the estrogen and, like, making things softer and like, the layer of fat, which I think are right. I think it's something to do with with insulating baby during pregnancy, but could be wrong. I haven't really kind of researched that, but I do agree with you. I think it is similar to pregnancy. It's something I've never really thought of before
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 2:48
And as long as you know, like, it's like, kind of what you like, or if you want to kind of do some exploration, then there's no need to get too head up on labels. And I think it's great to keep an open minded and not feeling like pressure to put yourself in a box, which is great because I think it's something that we need to get away from. I always classify myself as demosexual. I tend to not get sexually attracted to people