Man, I'm sorry, Eek, but... you've kind of just committed one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to sexswaps ever.
Scientifically, there is no reason for men and women with a female's body makeup to especially crave chocolate simply because of their physical being. The stereotype is literally based on statistics, those of which have mixed results themselves and are really not solid.
For that reason, I take serious issue with Gordon's sexswap resulting in him becoming a female stereotype. A moody woman with chocolate cravings is not what Gordon is, and to change him into that just because of his body can be taken as horribly offensive. Your genitalia does not determine your personality or your likes and dislikes. Even with hormonal issues brought on as a result of the change of genitalia, coupling it with the other stereotypical behavior makes it come across as, "Hey, he's a woman now, so he can do what all women do," adhering to a huge generalization.
Not all women crave chocolate. Some women even hate chocolate.
Chocolate is not scientifically related to the physical being of a woman or ftm man in any way, shape, or form, not by nutrient needs or hormonal changes. Chocolate cravings can happen during their period, but this is a result of loss of iron due to blood loss. Chocolate has a lot of iron! It's also why they crave all kinds of different things on their periods or during pregnancy. They crave what their body nutritionally needs.
This also applies to cis-men and mtf women. It's a natural reaction of the body. Any one sex can have cravings, however sudden or outlandish. It is not allocated only to females and certainly not only to chocolate. Of course, without the female reproductive system, pregnancy and menstruation is not a viable process. For that reason, there's less chance of chocolate cravings due to lack of iron. It's a logical explanation, really.
Because of that... man. Gordon's genderswap - a big-boobed, moody, chocolate-needy woman - does come across as irksome to me. I really recommend you don't do this in the future. It can really bother some people. I've seen it happen far too much in DWRP. u_u
Thaaaat's about it. Sorry for the lengthy rant, as well as being terribly blunt, but this is a huge peeve for me...
Also, as an aside, I really recommend an anon-enabled, IP logging-disabled HMD. A lot of people like to critique under anon for many understandable reasons. I'm not saying DO THIS OR YOU SUCK, but... I really suggest it.
"Chocolate is not scientifically related to the physical being of a woman or ftm man in any way, shape, or form, not by nutrient needs or hormonal changes."
With this, I mean women don't have anything special above men over this subject, at least not without circumstantial happenings that require more nutrients. They crave just in the same way as any human being. Nothing more, nothing less except for very certain circumstance.
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Date: 2013-03-10 09:20 pm (UTC)Scientifically, there is no reason for men and women with a female's body makeup to especially crave chocolate simply because of their physical being. The stereotype is literally based on statistics, those of which have mixed results themselves and are really not solid.
For that reason, I take serious issue with Gordon's sexswap resulting in him becoming a female stereotype. A moody woman with chocolate cravings is not what Gordon is, and to change him into that just because of his body can be taken as horribly offensive. Your genitalia does not determine your personality or your likes and dislikes. Even with hormonal issues brought on as a result of the change of genitalia, coupling it with the other stereotypical behavior makes it come across as, "Hey, he's a woman now, so he can do what all women do," adhering to a huge generalization.
Not all women crave chocolate. Some women even hate chocolate.
Chocolate is not scientifically related to the physical being of a woman or ftm man in any way, shape, or form, not by nutrient needs or hormonal changes. Chocolate cravings can happen during their period, but this is a result of loss of iron due to blood loss. Chocolate has a lot of iron! It's also why they crave all kinds of different things on their periods or during pregnancy. They crave what their body nutritionally needs.
This also applies to cis-men and mtf women. It's a natural reaction of the body. Any one sex can have cravings, however sudden or outlandish. It is not allocated only to females and certainly not only to chocolate. Of course, without the female reproductive system, pregnancy and menstruation is not a viable process. For that reason, there's less chance of chocolate cravings due to lack of iron. It's a logical explanation, really.
Because of that... man. Gordon's genderswap - a big-boobed, moody, chocolate-needy woman - does come across as irksome to me. I really recommend you don't do this in the future. It can really bother some people. I've seen it happen far too much in DWRP. u_u
Thaaaat's about it. Sorry for the lengthy rant, as well as being terribly blunt, but this is a huge peeve for me...
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Date: 2013-03-10 09:23 pm (UTC)clarification stuff because wow i went on a tangent
Date: 2013-03-10 09:31 pm (UTC)With this, I mean women don't have anything special above men over this subject, at least not without circumstantial happenings that require more nutrients. They crave just in the same way as any human being. Nothing more, nothing less except for very certain circumstance.
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Date: 2013-03-11 01:30 am (UTC)