#GenderNorms in Today’s #UnitedStates:
#Cruel, #Inhuman, #Degrading

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/29/gender-norms-in-todays-united-states-cruel-inhuman-degrading/

Growing up, I could only wear dresses. My mother went ballistic when I even wore anything fitted. So, long hair and dresses it was. I guess that is why I sometimes like to wear somewhat masculine clothing. Not sure why, but I like playing with #gendernorms. I even have short hair now.
Other times I do like wearing dresses, I just like to feel a little subversive sometimes.
Does that even make sense?
I guess the message here is, just be you. When able, don't let other people control your life.

A safer scene: Transforming masculinity for the better of all

In what ways do traditional gender norms continue to influence & do damage to us and our scenes?

Young women’s mixed feelings about sex stem from conflicting social norms https://www.psypost.org/young-womens-mixed-feelings-about-sex-stem-from-conflicting-social-norms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SexualHealth #WomenEmpowerment #Consent #GenderNorms #SexualEducation

I’m a proud dad today.

In her English test my daughter was told to read an autobiographical text and then infer the author’s gender from hobbies like ”skateboarding”.

She wouldn’t have any of it.

#UNWomen, #UNESCO step up efforts on #male involvement in #femicide #prevention

The two #organizations argue that male involvement is one of the most crucial strategies to end #pervasive #violence and #femicide.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UnitedNations #Representation #Culture #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Femicide #GenderNorms #Stereotypes

https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2024/12/un-women-unesco-step-up-efforts-on-male-involvement-in-femicide-prevention/

23-Year-Old Lady Carlene Gentles Defies Gender Norms With Her Barbering Skills In Jamaica https://shinemycrown.com/23-year-old-lady-carlene-gentles-defies-gender-norms-with-her-barbering-skills-in-jamaica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BarberingSkills #GenderNorms #CarleneGentles #Jamaica #GenderRoles

As a cishet white dude, should I paint my nails?

"Aileen was a bird. In the South, this faintly damning label excuses behavior outside starchy normative bounds, as applied to drunks, liars, flirts, artists, unrepentant atheists, and others of the socially incorrect persuasion." —Shane Mitchell for The Bitter Southerner

https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/odd-birds-shane-mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtddBzqe-vE

#TheCostOfBeautyinVenezuela #documentary

ITEMS FOR THE BIN : #gendernorms, #beautystandards, #genderconformity, #genderroles, #patriarchy and kool-aid drinking

#FUCKtheMaleGaze

Whatever the fuck you look like, YOU ARE PERFECT.

I hope all that Harry Potter money goes to Imane Khelif after she sues JK for harassment and slander.

These #Asian #DragQueens Are #BreakingFree of #Cultural #GenderNorms

Malai's first encounter with #drag was at a #queer #club in #Mumbai, #India.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Korea #India #Taiwan #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture

https://www.popsugar.com/identity/asian-drag-queens-breaking-gender-norms-49367810

What happens if you give a boy a doll.

Some #AngloSaxon #warriors may have been #transgender, says #academic

Modern #gendernorms may not have applied in the #DarkAges, a study of seventh-century #burials in #Kent suggests

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Archeology #Representation #Culture

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/03/anglo-saxon-warriors-transgender-liverpool-university/

I didn’t notice, and we watch Global News every day.
The results are not surprising though. https://globalnews.ca/news/10263239/global-news-anchors-wardrobe-experiment/
#women #GenderNorms #CdnNews

#Japan's #Otokonoko #crossdressingculture challenge #gendernorms • #FRANCE24English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHQ4X9UcvZw

Most, if not all of these men are #cishet, including married men with their wives' blessing.

It's just freedom to express oneself.