Cisgender folks: how "strong" is your gender identity?

I definitely have feminine tendencies that are definitely biological and not just the way I've been brought up (nature over nurture and all that!)

As a kid I was highly...flamboyant and I used to dress up in my mums clothes (she let me...) and I remember once going to a fancy dress competition at school with a wig, full face of makeup, stilettos, a handbag and balloons for boobs. I won.

The older I got, the less feminine I became, although I think that was from years of 'straight-acting' which became apart of me eventually. I still have a love for cosmetics, skin-care and looking my best, which is somewhat a female tendency.

I feel like I have a female (well half and half) brain, but don't want to be female. I don't do typical 'masculine' activities like sports and I prefer chic flicks over any action films!

You wouldn't look at may and say...he's feminine, but my habits and personality are like that of a woman, kind of? I can't explain it. Not saying all guys do these things, but I wouldn't; fart in public, burp in someones company and go anywhere near a football!

I'm also quite a bitch too, when I'm drunk.

 

I often ask myself if I am happy being male, and I always come to the same conclusion; I like being male, and wouldn't like being female. The fact that I question it so often, however, makes me wonder.

One thing I know is that I could never stand with having breasts; having a very flat chest is something I like, for some reason.

 

I like having a guy body and really like my guy parts, so I guess i'm pretty attached to being a guy. Never had any interest in swapping. and while it might be interesting to swap for a day or two I don't think I'd want a permanent switch.

 

I am pretty happy with my gender, although I can sometimes be very tomboyish but look very girly at the same time, if that makes sense?

 

'I've been right into the 'right' body' YEP I was making perfect sense there.

Sure, you might have learnt maleness from how you're expected to act, but surely the feeling of genderqueerness must come from somewhere? I don't think there's ever much encouragement to deviate from the norms. (not sure what your biological sex is here but I suppose it's irrelevant)

And yep, I guess it is! I wouldn't want to go through what an old friend of mine is/was going through.

 

On a tangent, have I mentioned how much I hate Simon Baron-Cohen's theory that autism is 'extreme male brain'? Just because I'm autistic doesn't mean I'm a guy!

 

Had a sudden urge to type something in pink.

 

On a scale of -10(female) to +10(male) I think I'd say I'm a 3 or 4. I have no problem taking part in more feminine activities, and I think it'd be fun to try drag, but there's really no doubt in my mind that I'm a male.