I’ve noticed there are three kinds of people where I work.
1. people
2. men
3. Women
The people are just sorta there. They are not male nor female, though you can guess their sex pretty easily.
The men are men. They act like men. They are comfortable being men. They are “sexist” by this author’s standards. They dress and move in noticeably male ways. You can tell that they definitely identify as “male”. They like when women treat them as “men”.
The Women are women. They dress like women. They like the way they look. They like when men look at them, as long as it stays under the “creepy” or “stalker” radar and dress for it. They LIKE being treated as “women”. They like when the door is held for them. They like when men intentionally avoid saying certain things in front of them. They like that they are different from the men.
I can tell just by her walk, and clothing, when I’m looking at a woman vs a female person. It’s not as easy with men because, well, I am one.
the problem is that the women now want all the advantages of being male without the feeling of ‘being romanced’ as a princess. pick one or the other