I heard it best on an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: "What I am doesn't determine who I am." This couldn't be more true when it comes to gender roles. Just because I've got a dick and balls doesn't mean I have to like certain things and not like other things. Nor does it mean I have to treat a certain group of people a certain way. For me being a man is not only overrated but it's frustrating to say the least. The rules are too stringent and don't allow for some of the things that I'm into, like sewing for instance. Drawing is fine as long as I only draw wasp waisted bimbos with giant tits and males who are so huge and heavily muscled they look like walking tanks. And being friends with a gay man is only okay as long as I don't know he's gay. As soon as I find out then I have to end the friendship.
What kind of bullshit is that?
Sure I love cars and auto racing and my video game library includes more than one violent video game. But I also have a costume in the closet that I sewed myself by hand. No I didn't outsource it to my mom or my wife because "that's woman's work" I did it myself for the same reason that you installed a supercharger on your Camaro. The satisfaction of a job well done. We shouldn't limit ourselves from performing certain activities or being friends with certain people just because of who we are. There's too much out there in the world to do and see to turn our backs on certain activities because we are men or women or homosexuals or even black or Asian. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Why limit yourself like that?
I say be a man and wear a dress. Be a woman and wear a three piece suit. Or vice versa. Or best yet, wear nothing at all for no other reason than you fucking feel like it. There is absolutely no reason a gay man can't be a car racer, a hairdresser, an actor, a politician, or anything else than any other man or woman could be. There is no reason a woman can't be what men are or do the same things that men do and if they're better than us then good for them! We should take pride when our friends or competitors have reached so high that they are the best there is at what they do, not tear them down if they aren't like us. They raised the bar for all of us, gave us something to reach for and we should be happy about that. I for one am not content to sit on my rump and claim I'm the best at everything simply because of my birth.
