My connection with the phrase came about via a graphic design forum identity. I was assumed by many to be of the male persuasion on the forum. In talking with others, discovered the tendency is to assume the member is male unless there is an obvious female name, feminine image, or some give-away in the writings of the forum member. When I first joined there were several members that I too assumed to be male and over time discovered otherwise. I wonder why I have yet to discover the opposite - a member that I thought to be female who was male?
I did a little searching on "born a girl" and found some interesting links...
A song by the Manic Street Preachers
"Born A Girl"
Do I look good for you tonight
Will you accuse me as I hide
Behind these layers of disguise
And the mirrors of my own happiness
I've loved the freedom of being inside
Need a new start and a different time
Something grows in the space between me
And it's twisting and changing this fragile body
And I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
The censorship of my skin
Is screaming inside and from within
There's no room in this world for a girl like me
No place around there where I fit in
And I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
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An article on a 13 year old Saudi girl and wondering “Why was I born a girl? This is a country of men and I would like to be one!”
Unfortunately there were several links with the same message that being born a girl in many cultures and countries is a sentence of a life of hardship. I am fortunate to have been born a girl in the U.S.
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Song by Of Montreal
"Tim I Wish You Were Born a Girl"
Tim, wish you were born a girl,
So I could've been your boyfriend.
I know it's not possible now.
I just never met a girl I like half as much as you.
And we could lay around in bed, stay there all day,
Or at least until the afternoon
And I could make you spaghetti with tomato sauce
With just a touch of oregano and a parsley stem.
And then when you got sick,
I could take the day off work.
I could've made you chicken soup,
And we could watch soap operas
- oh, those TV dramas!
I could catch your cold
and you could take care of me.
If I could've met you at school, or met you at work,
It would have changed everything.
Those years of losing, confusion and insecurity,
They would have been shared,
they would have been easier.
Tim, wish you were born a girl,
So I could've been your fiancé.
I'm not saying you can't be all these things for me,
But it's just not the same because you're a man,
and so am I.
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