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***** While I can certainly see how certain chemicals within your system would affect your behaviors, I'm calling bullshit on the belief that generally accepted arbitrary gender roles would be something that you'd ''have'' to take on. Your body giving you a predisposition toward an action is one thing. Doing something just because people born like you are expected to do things a certain way, usually because of some baseless presumption about how that ''entire'' group is supposed to act, is your choice. Hell, even certain things your body gives you a predisposition towards(such as the urge to procreate) can be ignored. Whether or not it'd be in your best interest to do things contrary to what other people or your hormones are telling you to, however, is an entirely different matter.
***** While I can certainly see how certain chemicals within your system would affect your behaviors, I'm calling bullshit on the belief that generally accepted arbitrary gender roles would be something that you'd ''have'' to take on. Your body giving you a predisposition toward an action is one thing. Doing something just because people born like you are expected to do things a certain way, usually because of some baseless presumption about how that ''entire'' group is supposed to act, is your choice. Hell, even certain things your body gives you a predisposition towards(such as the urge to procreate) can be ignored. Whether or not it'd be in your best interest to do things contrary to what other people or your hormones are telling you to, however, is an entirely different matter.
* What bugs me is that when the trope involves the suddenly same-gendered love interest deciding that they love the person, no matter their gender, it's ALWAYS [[If It's You It's Okay|"Girl Loves Boy-Turned-Girl"]]. What? Men can't decide they still love their girlfriend even though she's his boyfriend now? The only exceptions I can recall are instances where the girlfriend gets a gender-flip as well.
* What bugs me is that when the trope involves the suddenly same-gendered love interest deciding that they love the person, no matter their gender, it's ALWAYS [[If It's You It's Okay|"Girl Loves Boy-Turned-Girl"]]. What? Men can't decide they still love their girlfriend even though she's his boyfriend now? The only exceptions I can recall are instances where the girlfriend gets a gender-flip as well.
** Ugh, seconding the bugging here. The problem is that [[Girl On Girl Is Hot]], but straight males seem unwilling to accept guy on guy. Though I did see one example of a man loving a genderbent girl--it was a one-off joke in ''Hopscotch'' by Kevin J. Anderson.
** Ugh, seconding the bugging here. The problem is that [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]], but straight males seem unwilling to accept guy on guy. Though I did see one example of a man loving a genderbent girl--it was a one-off joke in ''Hopscotch'' by Kevin J. Anderson.
** Of course, it just seems that guys are turned into girls more often than girls are turned into guys independently (at least from what this troper noticed), so yeah...
** Of course, it just seems that guys are turned into girls more often than girls are turned into guys independently (at least from what this troper noticed), so yeah...
** [[Author Appeal]].
** [[Author Appeal]].
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***** Well, you're right about that actually. What I was thinking of more was when they have the victim takes on [[Unfortunate Implications|typical gender roles]] and stuff, not sure how often that happens because of my cursory understanding of the stuff that generally partakes in it but it would seem to be common.
***** Well, you're right about that actually. What I was thinking of more was when they have the victim takes on [[Unfortunate Implications|typical gender roles]] and stuff, not sure how often that happens because of my cursory understanding of the stuff that generally partakes in it but it would seem to be common.
* Why has this become so popular among fans?! I try to search for good Hetalia artwork, and 99% of the time I get pics of complete strangers making out, and it takes me a full 5 seconds to realize they are actually the same characters with a different gender! Is it too much to ask for something with consistency from fans who like these shows?!! I don't get it!
* Why has this become so popular among fans?! I try to search for good Hetalia artwork, and 99% of the time I get pics of complete strangers making out, and it takes me a full 5 seconds to realize they are actually the same characters with a different gender! Is it too much to ask for something with consistency from fans who like these shows?!! I don't get it!
** Well, [[Rule Sixty Three]] is... not an ''explanation'', but at least an ''exploration'' of what you're talking about.
** Well, [[Rule 63]] is... not an ''explanation'', but at least an ''exploration'' of what you're talking about.
** Hetalia specific answer: The popularity started after the creator did the genderbender versions
** Hetalia specific answer: The popularity started after the creator did the genderbender versions
* Why not undergo sex change treatment to go back to their sex? Most [[Gender Bender]]'s would qualify as Transsexual.
* Why not undergo sex change treatment to go back to their sex? Most [[Gender Bender]]'s would qualify as Transsexual.
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