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minus-squarechrisAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 days agoI thought long and hard about what it would mean to me if someone called me “not a man” for anything I do and I came to the following conclusion: nothing. I can do all the same things with or without the label “man”. Funny.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoFrom the other side, I got told I was “unladylike” many times and that never made me change.
minus-squarekazerniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHaha I just remembered when my mom told me that my gait was “mannish” xD Joke’s on her, I transitioned a few years later.
minus-squarekazerniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIndeed! :D Though it took her a few years to make peace with it after my coming out :|
I thought long and hard about what it would mean to me if someone called me “not a man” for anything I do and I came to the following conclusion: nothing. I can do all the same things with or without the label “man”. Funny.
From the other side, I got told I was “unladylike” many times and that never made me change.
Haha I just remembered when my mom told me that my gait was “mannish” xD Joke’s on her, I transitioned a few years later.
So, she was right?
Indeed! :D
Though it took her a few years to make peace with it after my coming out :|