Well... I find it find it insulting to be called a "man". So, it's not an "unnatural" thing to feel insulted being called a woman when you're a man.
Also, I agree with you. If you're a man, and you decide to get a pedicure, you are performing a masculine act... because you're a man. If you are a woman getting a pedicure, you are performing a feminine act... because you're a woman. Just because I do something that is prominently done by the opposite gender, it doesn't make it a masculine act.
Just like how putting on "masculine" clothes doesn't make me a man and a man wearing "feminine" clothes and makeup doesn't make a man a female.
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Honestly most men and women don't want to be regarded as the gender they aren't. Also I find that men enjoy "masculine" traits more so in women than women do in men, so they take it as an unattractive quality. I personally wouldn't want to look at my man and the first thing that comes to my mind is "girly" but I'm not expecting hypermasculinity either.
Toxic masculinity and standards that they feel have to be upheld. It's like when a guy says "no homo," as if it'll protect him from the terrifying attraction to men. Girls give other girls compliments without wanting to get into their pants, so why can't guys do the same with guys? Femininity isn't scary.
It's mainly because women aren't attracted to feminine men.
I really don't feel comfortable expressing my feelings to other people. I hate when someone tries to help me out, I'd rather do things on my own. It's naturally my personality and of course I have some feminine traits like patience, empathic, thoughtful
It's insulting to call men like us as feminine because we still hold traditional ideas and it's nothing wrong with that.
Few months ago, I did cry so much as I place my head on my sister's lap. It's embarrassing and it's her first time seeing me cry but she was so caring and nurturing me even though she's 17! She really reminds me of my mother.
Probably if you as a girl woke up after a night of drinking and you had the body of Arnold Schwarzeneger in his Olympic Body building form, when you had the body of Nicole Scherzinger the previous night and now you will forever and never be able to attract a cist male, you would probably feel the same as an emasculated feminzed man, wouln't you.
No woman finds a Beta male sexually irresistable. He is just there for fiancial security to raise your children with peacefully with no excess testosterone, causing him to be disaffected with you.
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I guess some people are still hung up on obsessively conforming to so-called gender roles. It's stupid. There's no rules about what someone has to do to be a man or woman. People should just do whatever they want and not worry about whether it's "masculine" or "feminine" enough.
Because feminine men come off as gay. If my boyfriend started to become feminine I would not be happy about it, I'm the woman in the relationship not him
I personally like to put on tight booty shorts and squeeze my own ass. I like girls I don't like men, yeah I play with my prostate, and if my girlfriend wants to give me a butt massage then fine. I know what I like and don't like and I'm confident about my sexuality. Stop caring what people think.
Because femininity is often connoted to weakness, vulnerability, daintiness, etc. For some reason that usually includes showing any emotion besides happiness or anger? That kind of demanded masculinity is toxic.
It's biological. I'm not terrified, but I understand why some men might be uneasy being or showcasing feminine traits. Men are masculine, women are feminine.
Because a lot of guys think "feminine/girly" is the same as "weak." And they don't want to be thought of as weak.
due to the society, it tells you to be as masculine as possible. Feminine traits are a sign of weakness for a guy. For example liking pink color lol!
Why would a man want to be girly? It's a total failure on the guys part to be a man. Girls are supposed to be girly and men are supposed to be manly. Did you go to primary school? Or any school.
The same reason women are terrified of being too manly >>> men tend to find women with masculine characteristics less attractive.
I don't like being called lots of things - why blanket statement all men. Obviously you don't mind being girly so it can't be ALL men
That's what I wonder. I try to convince men to go get a pedicure because nothing feels better than warm wax on your feet and peach scrub.
A lot of women wouldn't being like being called manly, either.
I think most guys see it as a threat to their masculinity.
They're insecure
My boyfriend likes being feminineExactly. I don't see why it's wrong for man to do what's natural for him. Even if it means being feminine.
American society is very picky about how men should be and act. Everyone's different and that's okay.
Well when a mans called it, its most of the time aimed as if its an insult. further than that I have no idea. I have long hair and people say i have lady hair haha. I dont care about it.
I think guys who feel fragile about their masculinity get offended by that but guys who are more secure don't give a shit.
Personally I wouldn't want to think girly when I look at my boyfriend or a potential boyfriend. But nothing wrong with feminine men.
No its not like that not all man i like the idea of ballerina i mean they move so beautifully. I mean woman is the most blessed creation of the god. They are like an art. I feel good and safe around woman. They make me feel happy.
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