

-
I was so relieved when my wife came out to me as bisexual, you know, “just in case”
-
Being jealous of women for having all the fun colors and variety in clothing, feeling dejected that men’s fashion was much more utilitarian and boring
-
Feeling uncomfortable and not knowing how to act in groups of all men
-
Having the thought “if I could decide for myself on a do-over, I’d want to be a lesbian woman”. I assumed all men felt this way lol
-
Hating and vigorously resisting the gendered uniform rules enforced by my Catholic school (like growing my hair as long as possible, and the school had to make a rule saying that boys couldn’t wear jewelry other than a religious medal or a watch)
I’ve heard that argument in favor of uniforms, but it also happens that then the kids with older, hand-me-down uniforms just wind up being bullied. In my opinion, suppressing children’s self-expression through uniforms does more harm than good.
But yeah, it was very dumb. I guess no boys had ever tried to wear jewelry before, but then I came along wearing necklaces and multiple rings, and they had to shut that right down. I do take a small amount of pride in being rebellious enough to cause a rule to be made haha
But now as an adult, it’s so weird - why were a bunch of adults so concerned about whether a kid in elementary school likes to wear rings?