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As a bi male It frustrates me to see my masculinity devaluated with things as simple as sitting to pee, helping the kitchen work at family dinners while the other men sit and watch sports, doing nothing to help, or cross my legs in the way most comfortable to me. These things are all commented on negatively by both men and women. It seems that in society it is empowering for women to be or act in a more masculine manner but for men who take on a stereotypically feminine trait or engage in those types of activities can be crippling both in business, at home, in his social network or standing, and emotional state as he tries to reconcile society expectations with what makes him happy as a person. We might find a small circle of understanding but on the whole this is not tolerable behaviour.
I would really like to see how widespread this way of thinking is both pro and con. Just how ingrained and narrow IS societies view of what makes a man masculine, or a woman butch, and how strongly we police each others actions relating to butch women and mens gender expectations and sexuality biases. Why do we so strongly tie sexuality with gender identity? Your thoughts?
http://carnalnation.com/content/43798/44/when-men-wear-skirts
Rollhandler
As a bi male It frustrates me to see my masculinity devaluated with things as simple as sitting to pee, helping the kitchen work at family dinners while the other men sit and watch sports, doing nothing to help, or cross my legs in the way most comfortable to me. These things are all commented on negatively by both men and women. It seems that in society it is empowering for women to be or act in a more masculine manner but for men who take on a stereotypically feminine trait or engage in those types of activities can be crippling both in business, at home, in his social network or standing, and emotional state as he tries to reconcile society expectations with what makes him happy as a person. We might find a small circle of understanding but on the whole this is not tolerable behaviour.
I would really like to see how widespread this way of thinking is both pro and con. Just how ingrained and narrow IS societies view of what makes a man masculine, or a woman butch, and how strongly we police each others actions relating to butch women and mens gender expectations and sexuality biases. Why do we so strongly tie sexuality with gender identity? Your thoughts?
http://carnalnation.com/content/43798/44/when-men-wear-skirts
Rollhandler
