Gender Identity
Hey all.
Had my big oral argument today...now all I have are finals coming up.
what I wore for it
I've been thinking a lot about gender lately... how gender identity interacts and conflicts with one's significant other's gender identity...how different it is to deal with someone you've known a long time as a partner changing than with someone you've just met.
I have long hair right now...I don't consider myself very feminine, but I do consider myself clearly female. Sort of like a girl that's not girly...and sometimes is downright boyish.
I hate when I get put in the "femme" category. I hate the idea of being treated like a lady. And I love female masculinity in myself and other people. I guess I'm just frustrated right now that people are perceiving me in a way that isn't accurate--but I guess that's the story of all my identity aspects. People never get my race right, my sexuality...my age...
I feel like I have to balance my gender from day to day... either wear things that are masculine paired with feminine hairstyles on one day or be very feminine one day and very masculine the next.
I just look at old pics and new ones and don't see why it can't all be exactly who I am and exactly right at the same time?
Had my big oral argument today...now all I have are finals coming up.
what I wore for it
I've been thinking a lot about gender lately... how gender identity interacts and conflicts with one's significant other's gender identity...how different it is to deal with someone you've known a long time as a partner changing than with someone you've just met.
I have long hair right now...I don't consider myself very feminine, but I do consider myself clearly female. Sort of like a girl that's not girly...and sometimes is downright boyish.
I hate when I get put in the "femme" category. I hate the idea of being treated like a lady. And I love female masculinity in myself and other people. I guess I'm just frustrated right now that people are perceiving me in a way that isn't accurate--but I guess that's the story of all my identity aspects. People never get my race right, my sexuality...my age...
I feel like I have to balance my gender from day to day... either wear things that are masculine paired with feminine hairstyles on one day or be very feminine one day and very masculine the next.
I just look at old pics and new ones and don't see why it can't all be exactly who I am and exactly right at the same time?