Strugglista

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2/19/16

Stupid phrases.

Gender roles are a curious thing. The concept of adhering to such rigid divides is something that bothers me perpetually, because who, really, determines what is masculine and what is feminine? I've never considered myself to be completely female of mind, though I have the genitalia and organs that would make me so. But I do view myself as a woman physically, and I am attracted to men. 

But aren't people so much more complicated than saying quite decidedly, "You have a vagina, you like the peen, vis a vis you are a full-bodied woman"? I am a full-bodied woman, and yet, a part of me is very male. What, then, of someone telling me to act like a proper lady? I've never considered myself anything but, female-male divided mind and all. And what of someone of a more effeminate persuasion—who has never seen himself as anything other than a man—being told to man up? Is he not that already?

And don't even get me started on non-human identities; I'm pretty sure that overall, I'm actually a Slow Loris. If you don't know what that is, you need to stop reading this and get to googling.

Zara coat and pants; Uniqlo tee and tie; Topshop brogues