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@sotolf I have many times felt like the space for being “a man” is a lot more narrow for men than the space for being “a woman” is for women today. I can have long hair, short hair, wear dresses or pants, have nail polish or not, climb walls or read books, cook or drive a tractor. None of these things make me less of a “woman”. Some are considered more “feminine” perhaps, but there is plenty of room today for a woman to not be feminine. But if the band of “acceptable” expression is very narrow I can understand how it can be very frustrating to be berated for existing even there.

I do think though, that it shouldn’t be that narrow. That the solution rather is to make being a man be wider. It seems very silly to force men to act out a stereotype.