Man, I feel like a woman?

[cougirl.livejournal.com]

So I was talking to my friend about this as I've been thinking a bit about it, and I decided I needed more input. I brought up the fact that many transgendered people say that they feel like a boy or girl inside, depending, and therefore want to change their appearance/genitals/what have you. I understand that. However, my real question is, what does being a boy or girl feel like? Is it a "I like cars, sports, mud, and cologne, so I'm a boy?" or a "I feel I should have a penis" to be a man? I mean, if it's the stereotypical "manly" things that would make you a man, then there would never be any feminine transguys, which is untrue. If it's the desire of a certain set of parts downstairs, there wouldn't be transguys who are perfectly happy with what they were born with, but there are.

So really, what is it to be a man or a woman? Or maybe there really isn't an answer to this.

[x-posted to any_bodied_men, femme_ftm, and transgender]