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Help[Opinions] Agreed, and a bit more rambling on gender
in reply to a message by Dracotorix
Agreed completely.
I’m actually really glad that I don’t have an overly feminine name, because it wouldn’t have fit me at all and would have probably ended in me changing it or using initials. I’m “female” but definitely lean more toward the masculine; kind of see myself as non-binary, actually.
Our society’s standards on male femininity are really messed up, and I’m all for using “girl names” on boys (someone mentioned Astrid, which I think would work on a boy). That doesn’t mean that masculinity shouldn’t be allowed for girls/women though, because enforcing traditional femininity is still a step backwards IMO and doesn’t get us any closer to gender liberation.
Totally realize I’m rambling, and I know I’m biased by my own gender non-conformity. Most people are totally or at least mostly okay with traditional gender norms. It’s just a perspective that doesn’t get shared much, so it seemed worth sharing.
*previously posted as summitseeker*
--hike more / worry less--
I’m actually really glad that I don’t have an overly feminine name, because it wouldn’t have fit me at all and would have probably ended in me changing it or using initials. I’m “female” but definitely lean more toward the masculine; kind of see myself as non-binary, actually.
Our society’s standards on male femininity are really messed up, and I’m all for using “girl names” on boys (someone mentioned Astrid, which I think would work on a boy). That doesn’t mean that masculinity shouldn’t be allowed for girls/women though, because enforcing traditional femininity is still a step backwards IMO and doesn’t get us any closer to gender liberation.
Totally realize I’m rambling, and I know I’m biased by my own gender non-conformity. Most people are totally or at least mostly okay with traditional gender norms. It’s just a perspective that doesn’t get shared much, so it seemed worth sharing.
*previously posted as summitseeker*
--hike more / worry less--
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