Can I chime in as the owner of a pair of testicles who is entirely uninterested in the male gender identity? It's not that I don't like being male, I just don't understand why people other than me get to decide how I should behave or what I should do based on my gender. It sucks just as much for a man as it does for a woman.
All these references to "men are often ridiculed by other men when they show emotions" is a bit sad - if your friends don't give you emotional support when you need it then they're not really friends. Are men supposed to be emotionless robots or something?
Saying that I'm not immune to using gendered language - I've referred to people of either genders as whiney little bitches. Like Helen I'm equal ops on my insults.
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