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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Crossdressing tropes in general, started by Twilightdusk on Jun 4th 2010 at 12:23:38 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

174.20.208.64 Since: Dec, 1969

Aug 26th 2010 at 4:13:56 PM •••

I might just be overly sensitive regarding the topic, but do trans men (such as Brandon Teena) really count for this trope?

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birdsinthewindow Since: Apr, 2019

Sep 1st 2019 at 2:41:03 PM •••

No, they don't. A Sweet Polly Oliver has to be pretending to be male — they can't be actually male.

Phys101 Since: Apr, 2010

Jun 17th 2017 at 10:24:27 PM •••

The entry for Margaret Ann Bulkley, aka James Barry, mentions that, she "performed one of the first successful Caesarians in history." Given that caesareans were named after Julius Caesar, who was delivered that way, and MacBeth referred to someone being "untimely ripped" (and therefore not born of woman, and this referred to a caesarean. does the term "successful" mean that the mother survives the process?

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