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We make some of our greatest gains
When we see old things
In new ways
Contact Dr. Mason by email at DrSBMason@aol.com.
by Dr. Steve Mason 43

Member L.A. County Bar Association ~ FINRA Arbitrator
SWITCHING GENDERS
California State Bar Since 1975
Can you imagine what it would be This came to mind one day last week Celebrating Super Lawyer status for 13 years 2007 through 2019
like to switch genders for a day? Years when my wife and I were at the market
ago, I wrote a column on the topic and shopping in the frozen food section.
I’m still getting mail. Men go into Trying to find some peas, my wife
great detail telling me what they’d do walked over to an employee dressed in
during those 24 hours and it seems that a heavy coat, cap and gloves. I arrived
women can be just as eager to just in time to ask: What did he say? That
experience life on the other side. day, the time spent getting ready was A Sense of Purpose: Join a Service Group
spent getting ready for a job stocking
One female, a newspaper reporter, freezer shelves. He turned out to be a If you are looking for a way to give back, support women’s issues and have an
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wrong...something had changed. Then callers from a female to a male associate
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But that reporter was unusual in Look At It This Way then....CONSIDER US ASKING
being able to pull off her transition. It There are dozens of books listing and Soroptimist International of Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs
isn’t easy for a woman to drop all her exploring uniquely male/female,
typically female gestures and behave mental/physical characteristics and would like to invite you to learn more about how you can have an impact.
like a male. almost as many books saying that such
differences don’t matter. But assuming
A man has an easier time pretending you could swap genders for a day: Soroptimist Means
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females are awash in female symbols. you’d do as the new you?
Where a man merely pulls on jeans, a Award Winning Norwalk Soroptimists JUST
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has to spend time “getting ready.” So thought, what you’d think about doing
much is artifice that to enjoy being a will surprise even you. As for me, I’d invite interested women to check us out.
girl must be to enjoy getting costumed. like to see what it’s like to always be
right... just like my wife.
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