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Because that's what it sounds like.
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A mummy turns into a ninja on alternate weekends and falls in love with a mopey high school girl.
MOVIE DEAL, PLEASE!
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You can't beat Ralph Bates.
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...who says creativity is dead?
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I haven't read the book(s) so really cant comment on them but turning into a boy 4 days out of a month really doesn't seem like that big a hardship.
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Can you imagine going to high school, only for four days each month you're in a body of the opposite sex, with all the urges (and social stigma) that follow?
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Something that affects your body and mind in a way that makes it easy to see what has happened and as such society can simply point and say "oh, you have a disease, it's an odd one but a disease that you cant control" and the next thought after that is "and we can help you find a cure" .
To my mind that has nothing to do with gender identity issues, most people who associate as the opposite gender to what they are born with, either full or part time do not think they have a disease and should never be treated as though they do.
How does a story about someone who changes gender for 4 days out of every month help someone who doesn't have the ability to change deal with their own gender identity issues ?
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why should this story (which frankly sounds kinda dumb) help anyone? this isn't a PSA about gender issues...it's a work of fiction intended primarily for profit and entertainment...
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"After the eroticized chastity of the Twilight films, Cylcer could bring us a young adult-targeted film that frankly explores sex and sexuality, not to mention a host of gender issues."
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the phrase "young adult-targeted film that frankly explores sex and sexuality" doesn't exist in Hollywood.
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Yeah, wait til she tries to get married. Or pregnant.
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In regards to getting married, if the partner isn't accepting it wont happen and considering that most people can find a partner who is accepting of their idiosyncrasies i should imagine she would be no different.
In regards to pregnancy i would assume that as her normal menstrual cycle is broken by becoming male 4 days of every month that she would not be able to become pregnant or that the cycle of becoming male would be broken by a hormonal trigger of becoming pregnant.
So as far as i can see marriage is no different to that of someone who identifies with a gender other than what they are born with but doesn't change every month and it is the same with pregnancy, if a man identifies as a woman there is currently nothing that can be done medically to allow that person to carry a child.
It is still a story about someone who has something wrong with them that causes them to change and because of that they will be treated as diseased.
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Believe me, those four days of the month, I'd rather a woman turn into a werewolf than what normally happens.
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Now that I put this into words, I realize that you need to be more of a diplomat during that time.
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...where's my coat ....
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