As a guy who’s spent a lot of time trying to unfuck myself, I’d like to say that masculinity can die in a fire, along with femininity. So long as we keep trying to uphold these arbitrary constructs and keep measuring people against them, people will keep failing. Am I sitting right, am I talking right, am I looking right, it’s all fucking toxic shit, especially so for people growing up, trying to figure out who they are. I think the way LGBTQ+ folks try to not box people in is closer to the ideal way of being than what most cultures typically do with boys and girls.
As a guy who’s spent a lot of time trying to unfuck myself, I’d like to say that masculinity can die in a fire, along with femininity. So long as we keep trying to uphold these arbitrary constructs and keep measuring people against them, people will keep failing. Am I sitting right, am I talking right, am I looking right, it’s all fucking toxic shit, especially so for people growing up, trying to figure out who they are. I think the way LGBTQ+ folks try to not box people in is closer to the ideal way of being than what most cultures typically do with boys and girls.