The legendary man who lived as a woman for seven years was Tiresias. Wikipedia has an article about it. Zeus and Hera got into an argument over who enjoys sex more, men or women; so they asked Tiresias to settle the argument since he had lived as both. He said women enjoy sex ten times more more than men, so Hera lost the argument, and the Greek gods were jerks so Hera struck Tiresias blind. (Zeus couldn’t undo what Hera had done, but gave Tiresias the gift of prophecy and a long lifespan.)
In the 1973, the band Genesis released a song that included these lines:
Take a little trip back, with father Tiresias;
Listen to the old one speak of all he has lived through…
“I have crossed between the poles, for me there’s no mystery;
“Once a man, like the sea I raged;
“Once a woman, like the Earth I gave…
“And there is in fact more Earth than sea.”
Later, after Peter Gabriel left the band, Genesis became a pop hits machine and the song lyrics got simpler:
“You’re no son, no son of mine;
“You’re no son, no son of mine;
“You walked out, you left us behind;
“And you’re no son, no son of mine.”
Pun or not, I’m getting a bad vibe off anybody who describes a person as “poison” without using their name first.
The legendary man who lived as a woman for seven years was Tiresias. Wikipedia has an article about it. Zeus and Hera got into an argument over who enjoys sex more, men or women; so they asked Tiresias to settle the argument since he had lived as both. He said women enjoy sex ten times more more than men, so Hera lost the argument, and the Greek gods were jerks so Hera struck Tiresias blind. (Zeus couldn’t undo what Hera had done, but gave Tiresias the gift of prophecy and a long lifespan.)
In the 1973, the band Genesis released a song that included these lines:
Take a little trip back, with father Tiresias;
Listen to the old one speak of all he has lived through…
“I have crossed between the poles, for me there’s no mystery;
“Once a man, like the sea I raged;
“Once a woman, like the Earth I gave…
“And there is in fact more Earth than sea.”
Later, after Peter Gabriel left the band, Genesis became a pop hits machine and the song lyrics got simpler:
“You’re no son, no son of mine;
“You’re no son, no son of mine;
“You walked out, you left us behind;
“And you’re no son, no son of mine.”
Give me that 70’s progressive rock, please.