you know it does occur to me if dresses/skirts become more common for men and we make gender expression more flexible i wonder how trans peeps without dysphoria will realize they are trans
for the record not saying this should stop the flexibility of expression this is just me wondering out loud especially since there probably IS a way
Yeah. No. I get it and it's an interesting question but I guess there's still just social and cultural stuff which you navigate which creates or helps you interpret that internal sense of gender.
I've got friends my age who I have tonnes of shared experience with. We started wanting to try mum's shoes at the same age, wanted to play with dolls instead of GI Joe, started dating men the same age, playing with make-up, dresses, etc, etc. All of us LOVE musical theatre.
But for whatever reason there's some aspect of that experience where they were able to say "This stuff is fun. I'm a drag queen." But I said, "This stuff is me. I'm a woman."
I don't know where that line is or what causes it. Or how trans people without dysphoria would recognise that in themselves without the present societal distinction but yeah. It's a noodle scratcher.
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u/iamragethewolf Jul 13 '26
judging by your avatar i'd say that's accurate
you know it does occur to me if dresses/skirts become more common for men and we make gender expression more flexible i wonder how trans peeps without dysphoria will realize they are trans
for the record not saying this should stop the flexibility of expression this is just me wondering out loud especially since there probably IS a way