A fictional character that gets his or her gender bent often becomes gradually accustomed to life as a new man or woman. Eventually they likely will experience an epiphany: that they are better off in their new gender than they ever were in their old one. This is the Second Law of Gender Bending, where a gender bent person would, if offered a chance to revert to their former gender, turn it down because they have come to enjoy the benefits of the change. The epiphany typically takes one of two forms: See also It's the Journey That Counts.
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| - A fictional character that gets his or her gender bent often becomes gradually accustomed to life as a new man or woman. Eventually they likely will experience an epiphany: that they are better off in their new gender than they ever were in their old one. This is the Second Law of Gender Bending, where a gender bent person would, if offered a chance to revert to their former gender, turn it down because they have come to enjoy the benefits of the change. The epiphany typically takes one of two forms: See also It's the Journey That Counts.
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| - A fictional character that gets his or her gender bent often becomes gradually accustomed to life as a new man or woman. Eventually they likely will experience an epiphany: that they are better off in their new gender than they ever were in their old one. This is the Second Law of Gender Bending, where a gender bent person would, if offered a chance to revert to their former gender, turn it down because they have come to enjoy the benefits of the change. The epiphany typically takes one of two forms:
* A reluctant admission, either because they've changed too much to return to the way things were or are loath to admit the enjoyment they get from their new lifestyle.
* A jovial acceptance, where they quickly discover how much fun life is after the gender flip, and they never want to go back. A specific variation of I Choose to Stay which often results from The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body. May involve Becoming the Mask or Going Native depending upon surrounding circumstances. Can result in Beneath the Mask when the character reveals a hidden, more feminine side of his/her personality. Contrast You Can't Go Home Again for characters who don't have any choice in the matter. See the First Law of Gender Bending and the Third Law of Gender Bending, which frequently (but not always) overlap with this trope. Often used as an Ending Trope since invoking the second law typically resolves the gender-bent character's Fish Out of Water status, though it may not eliminate all Different for Girls moments. The one Gender Bender plot that usually averts this law is when it occurs due to a Freaky Friday Flip. See also It's the Journey That Counts. Examples of Second Law of Gender Bending include:
* Too many Fanfic and Web Original examples to list them all here. Way way way way too many.
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