The men with transgender partners in this documentary came across as shallow and uninteresting. Unlike their often fascinating other halvesMen are shallow. Whether you’re a “genetic woman”,as one of the subjects of Sex Diaries: Trans Lovers (Channel 4) would have it, or a woman who begins life as a man, or you’d better hope you’re blessed with a pretty face and/or the skills to enhance it with produce-up. Because not one of the men interviewed in Charlie Russell’s accomplished documentary sees much beyond the surface. They want an ideal woman (preferably with a penis) who is grateful for their attention and willing to preserve their feminine appearance at all times.
The show opens with Maurice,a property developer and “connoisseur of trans women” who likens them to Ferraris. He’s completely open approximately his desire for a resplendent (brilliantly glowing) creature who will be both easy and grateful for the attention. It’s obvious why Russell dispenses with him so quickly, admitting he had a tough time finding men who would talk on camera. Maurice grins as he describes his appallingly misogynist reasons for preferring trans women to the “genetic” kind. They don’t get “confused”, and he says,and aren’t difficult to handle because they never get periods, and they’re “easy-going” because not many men want to sleep with them.
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Source: theguardian.com