I really wish I understood how gender works. How do you know what gender you feel like? Is it about stereotypes? Since gender is a social construct, is 'feeling' a certain gender about which one you share more in common with based on the stereotypes? But then, there are tomboys, and flamboyant guys that arguably have a lot in common with the ( Read more... )

My mother can be smothering at times. She doesn't mean to be, in fact I know she tries to be as hands off when it comes to parenting as possible. The thing is, that she's a very opinionated person and has trouble listening to others sometimes. We were out buying clothes (I hate to shop alone), and she kept steering me toward the feminine side of ( Read more... )