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Going to the gender picket to protest big woke until I get a raise
My parents paid my way through theater academie and i feel bad when I don't put my degree to use.
Was going to make a joke about parents forcing gender roles on you, but that's probably super relevant
My parents were actually pretty chill about me running around in skirts and eyeliner. I lucked out and got the "be polite to people, respect people's differences, don't fight unless you have to, and also here's how to use a power drill 3,000 different ways" masculinity instead of strict adherence to normative gender roles.
Gender is a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken
My boymoding is purely performative, but it's still a 50/50 whether I get Ma'am-ed at the supermarket. Beyond that, I'm still more of an understudy...
i dont know enough smart people to stop playing Traumatizing Pretend
Decades of social conditioning has altered (read: harmed) my grey matter to a near permanent degree
It's my favorite play and I want to be my favorite character, of course!
One day I'll be the suave, confident twink sidekick to the buff himbo top main character that I'll end up smooching at the end.
I preform masculinity solely because it it slightly less work
because gender is performing me, so I am only returning the favor.