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I’m not sure how to answer. I didn’t have a choice and was born into this body, during this time and in a certain environment. I was raised by women and had to learn to be a man without a father figure just cause I’m male. I don’t always follow normative man rules. But I’m a dude and don’t care. If I think about it, I do dude stuff mostly. It’s
fun being a male strength and speed wise. But since I was raised by women, I can often be found hanging with the other women at parties in the kitchen. I do enjoy listening to female convo. It’s soothing
In some things yes, some others don't. I enjoy "female" things like cooking, knitting, I like babies. On the other hand, things like cussing and being easy to anger are seen as unladylike. I'm also kind of "hard" emotionally speaking, I hardly cry unless I feel extremely sad, and rarely do it in public.
Honestly, me and my man do not fit in our gender roles, also because we do not believe in them... i love when i check the cars oil while he cooks pasta and so on, we do not even have space to think about gender "ROLES" because we enjoy everything that we do without targeting these things... what even are gender roles now in 2021... everyone should do whatever they want to
In many ways I do..
Although , I dont follow the stereotypical , Im far from any form of cross gender , but I dislike immensely blokey things , packs of men , end of year football trips , prefer cooking to woodwork , either prefer my own company , or females.
In your picture above , Im pretty good at fixing most things , love seeing female trades , and most of the time I find them more trustworthy.
I’m not sure what you can really count as an inherently masculine thing. The feminine things are obvious like wearing make up and dresses etc. but I feel like pants aren’t necessarily more masculine dresses are just more feminine. I’m always the one who has to take out the trash cuz it can get pretty mf heavy but that’s about it.
Nope. I'm a guy and I like gardening, especially my flower garden, I like to cook, I like to go shell collecting on the beach. I have to hold back tears while watching a good movie. I have long hair and half my shirts are pink. My last girlfriend was an automobile mechanic and liked to take me fishing.
I’m starting to think that most guys don’t completely fit into prescribed gender roles from our previous generations. I was raised by a single mom, so I am well adept at cleaning and cooking for myself and I generally do most of the laundry in our home. My wife and I both enjoy cooking, but the grill and smoker are all daddy ( we have 2 kids ).
I definitely do all the yard work and home maintenance that I can handle.
I am not a good fit.
I cook.
I keep house better than a woman.
I do laundry better than a woman, unless she is also former military.
I like grandmother-style floral patterns (especially red roses).
I adore cats.
I also have a Norman Bates aspect, in the way that I continue to mourn my mother, who died on 18 January.
Some. But I can do other things too like check my own oil, change my own tire, use a drill, shoot a gun. I prefer to drive trucks. I'm a good mix I think.
in some senses, i do, in some senses, i don't. for example i have done an apprenticeship in construction mechanics and worked in that profession a few years, which is maskuline but now i'm in social science, which is rather feminine.
also i like fixing stuff, which is masculine but i also like cooking a lot, which is feminine.
i love beer, which is masculine but my favourite long drink is pina colada, which is feminine.
WhatI find inteersting is that this question exposes everyone that they do believe in 2 genders after all.
@Rennitenn well because there obviously are only 2 genders xD to every sane person, that is clear. of course there's rare deformities that make it difficult to assign one gender to those people. we call that intesex. but that's not "a third sex". it's rather the lack of clear primary and secundary sex organs.
@Rennitenn and of course when it comes to "gender roles", you could have a serious discussion whether or not things should be seen as female or male or somwhere on a spectrum in between. but that also does not create legitimate grounds to speak of a third gender or even more.
Yep... I just naturally enjoy masculine things and feel most comfortable in a man's role. I also feel best with a woman who feels comfortable in her natural role as a woman. I feel like we are a perfect team with complementary but different roles.
Even though I'm a heavy maintenance engineer I do step outside 'gender rules', as a single man I have to do my own cooking usually from scratch (take away's are too expensive), the laundry, I've fed, bathed and changed my younger siblings and their children and have the knack getting children off to sleep, I have a sewing machine for taking in and repairing clothes, and running up the odd curtain or too.
Yeah. I'm not a soy boy or beta male. I'm not an Alpha male either, but definitely not the former.
Yeah pretty much, I never went by any rules especially when I was younger since I didn’t really know watch as a kid what was considered manly or feminine but the only thing I did do maybe that was considered more for women to do was learning how to crochet and sew
Aside from all the "male stuff" i do like fixing things, having some power tools and having a business, i also cook, do the laundry, clean and have long hair. But really who is gonna do those "female stuff" for me when i'm single? Also i put a quotation mark just to pretend that stereotype is what you are talking about
I do all those things. A well adjusted Human being should be able to cook food and clean up. Have guns, have a cat, and drive a truck. I have yet to see a Female friend around my age touch a pan or vacuum cleaner as most of my male friends are far more proficient.
Rules? I don't believe in rules or gender roles except for the obvious difference when it comes to sex.
My wife and I share chores. Naturally we're each better at certain things. but we don't have assigned roles based on gender.
yes and no -while i cook and clean, sew, i also do home repairs, work and cut lawn. where i live now is super rural coming from philly its like a sin for a woman to cut lawn here or do anything thats deemed to be mens work or man hobbies-
not really, i like a lot of "manly" things like cars, action movies, technology, video games, sports... but im also quite feminin and like fashion, interior design etc.
My family, and people around me, always consider me as a guy, and that because I dress like them, I like hoodies ( I mean who don't! ), and I hate dresses, and make up
Also, I kinda am not good in cooking, and I'm not organized at all ( don't know why they think that girls have to be organized tho), and I like being with boys more than being with girls.
But, I AM A GIRL
and that's a thing that I'm always proud of, except when I have my period :)