i honestly cant believe the normal amount of wanting to be another gender is zero. like arent you sick of yours yet lol
cis ppl how often do you consider being different gender/less gender/more gender
never
every few years
about once a year
about once a month
once or twice a week
daily
not cis
See Resultspeople with cis mutuals rb this pleeeeaseee
There’s something of a misunderstanding of the cis experience here.
Part of masculinity under cisheteronormativity is to be actively under pressure to do it enough. To not be “girly.” I am 100% cis and I am not masc enough by this society’s (stupid) standards – part of this is racialized (in my case, the antisemitic stereotype of Jewish men as neurotic intellectuals devoid of real manliness (we do it to ourselves too: see Woody Allen and City Slickers)), parts of it are fatphobia and anti-intellectualism (neither fat men nor men with desk jobs are “real men”) and part of it is as a tool to police everyone else, as we can use misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia to “prove” we’re real men if we’re willing to hate the right way.
So yeah, I’m cis, and the only reason I picked “about once a month” rather than “daily” is because I’ve mostly addressed the drumbeat of “am I being masc enough? can I wear pink? can I safely tell these people I enjoy baking? can I go out for a drink and have one drink and not get made fun of for it?”
Any cis people in my orbit?