Masc, straight acting, No Femmes

Seriously, when I first joined PC, the literal first thing I was asked was, "how are you today, lady?".

Yes, I'm male and I want to be treated as one, but I suppose I can't blame people who thought I was a girl because I do act pretty girly irl and online at some cases, haha. I guess it's just a part of my personality, I suppose!
 
I really don't see myself as either. In the gay community there's a lot of pressure to identify as either one (well, I guess that's true of all people, not just the homos) but I don't fit either box at all. I'm kind of just middle ground me.

**special snowflake**
 
I'm totally a "manly" girl. I don't wear skirts or dresses a lot, but mostly settle for trackies and lately, my mother's old shirts. I also believe my own voice doesn't sound very girly at all, but more like an annoying young boy.

And of course, my weird tendency to use male-looking avatars/sigs as well. Yeah, it's weird but I somehow enjoy it.
 
Hmm idk I've never really thought about this. Like I am a female, but does it mean anything specific to be one? I feel like I am just me. Idk if this makes sense?

I present myself as a female and I feel like a female I guess or like I feel comfortable as what I am. I just feel like a person.
 
I'm male, so I identify as masculine. I meet most of the gender roles for males. There are some things I do and some ways I act that are considered to be feminine, but I'm not someone who feels uncomfortable as a male psychologically. It's probably my primary label and how I identify myself first and foremost. How I present myself is pretty gender neutral, though. Except in appearance, which is singularly masculine.
 
I consider myself quite masculine, having grown in a culture, with emphasizes gender roles a lot. I am however the total opposite of someone macho. I have little to no outward badassery in me most of the time.
 
Physically p.masculine I guess. Not a complete musclehead or anything but it's quite clear quite fast that I'm a man. My style is fairly unisex clothing, my hair isn't trimmed ultra short so maybe that's more in the middle of the spectrum. My manner is typical of someone around where I live which is to not spend all my time bawwing about my feels and to have volleys of insults going to and from me. Some might say this in response to the spectacle myself and my wonderful Scottish colleague put out at work each day. But everyone has a softer side and that doesn't make me any less MASCULINE imo. I'd say I was probably a 75/25 M/F split for everything about me weighed up together.
 
uhh, I've never questioned my gender, but I definitely have some feminine qualities as well; just the way I conduct myself could be considered borderline, err, 'flamboyant' if you will but even that's kinda rare. I act with some vague sense of wonderment, if anything, I dunno how that translates to other people.
 
El Héroe Oscuro said:
Your post confuses me. Can you elaborate?
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i'm so glad you asked!-- and by that i mean i'm not because i have no idea how to explain. 8);

For me, gender is a complicated subject. I wish for others to use he/him pronouns when referring to me, but I have a very fluid and androgynous approach to life. I don't associate entirely with just male or female, and sometimes I don't feel like I'm male or female at all. It's like being genderfluid but way more annoying?

I hope that makes sense..? Sorry if it doesn't. ;;;
 
I was always kind of the tomboyish girl. I was never into most "stereotypical" girly stuff - things like Barbies and other dolls always ended up strewn inside the bottom of a toybox, I don't do frilly, I don't do dresses. Being told to be "ladylike" was always a concept that absolutely infuriated me. I was always the one who would rather do what the boys were doing (since it always seemed like a lot more fun).

I've wondered at times just how much of a masculine air I might give off. Mostly because whenever I don't mention my gender online (which I usually don't, since I couldn't care less about it in regards to me), there's inevitably going to be some people who think I'm male. I've had people seem really surprised about it in years past. Although that could just be the whole thing of "assuming people on the internet are guys unless proven otherwise".

And I just can't quite see myself as entirely "feminine". It is what it is, I suppose.
 
I now identify as genderfluid. Which means I switch between genders on a daily basis. I feel most comfortable being feminine online, whilelist offline I'm not. I hardly consider myself masculine as much as I used to, but I still am. That should give you a good idea.
 
I feel very neutral regarding gender, but I lean a little more towards masculinity, so I identify as such. I guess the way I present myself is more masculine? I have no style in appearance, just casual clothes and scarves during winter with an occasional beanie.

Personality wise, I really don't know what I'd be since I don't really care at all about assigning gender to internal traits that vary largely from person to person. I'm just a mix of both attributes I guess?

I like both masculinity and femininity, however in regards to attraction, I love masculine yet slightly feminine guys so I think that does affect some part of the way I present myself. Although when I socialize I can be flamboyant and theatrical mainly to be humorous, but in general I'm just sort of neutral.
 
i used to fight my femininity in middle school but i think i've started to embrace it. like i don't even know why, i really like nail polish, dresses and shit. when i'm chillin' i dress like a fuck boi but when i'm going somewhere nice i like to wear something like a skirt or dress. i can get pretty emotional for no reason so i guess that could be considered feminine... on the other side of the spectrum i'm really sporty so yeah.
 
I'm 100% feminine: I love dresses; skirts and blouses; I hate pants; I like cute things; I get excited about stationery; I even own a parasol. I have never questioned my gender identity, which probably makes me lucky.

Even when I went through my tomboyish phase as a teenager, I was still feminine.

Spoiler:
 
I thought I'd mention the title sounds like a theatre invitation detail written in Froggish


for those of you who don't know Frogs = Franks = French
 
I'm kind of androgynous.

If you go by stereo types, most people can tell that I'm gay just by looking at me, because most females don't usually choose to look so boyish when they're straight. Or so goes the unspoken rules. Though, I don't look the way that I do to pick up chicks, I work my style around what makes me the most comfortable, and I just happen to be gay. lol
 
I don't really look at myself in terms of masculinity and femininity. It's kind of like in peripheral vision - of course I can perceive and talk about it, but most of the time it's just not something that's on my mind and it feels normal to just let it sit there not being engaged with. I think there's a lot of pressure perpetuated on the internet to fill and know your gender role (I don't mean man or woman, but rather having a self-perception that's rooted in the continuum of gender at all), which I think is unhelpful. How do you describe acting like a man/woman/or not on the internet/irl/among friends etc etc without resorting to stereotypes and caricatures? It's just not realistic. Some things are hard to define, but you don't have to define yourself as being hard to define. Feeling pressure to figure yourself out can be a very stressful experience, especially when there's no objective way to milestone when you've figured yourself out enough - it can be quite a Sisyphean task.
 
I'd have to say I'm pretty fluid.

I love cosmetics and cute things, and my favorite color is lilac. It's not uncommon for me to gravitate toward the makeup and hair aisles of any store I enter. I will spend a hefty amount of time there, as well.

However, I don't act feminine and I stick to jeans and hoodies for comfort. I also lean more to male scents and deodorants, because they actually last.

When my hair was short, I was confused for male more often than not. My voice is soft and a bit low, so I sound like a really shy, young boy.
 
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