My Gender Role In Society

First, I am a male and thus embody and portray a lot of masculine qualities as part of my gender role in Society on a day-to-day basis. I do this in that, my mannerisms are in line with that of a masculine male, such as how I control my hands whilst I talk, how I stand, how I dress, and so on. I feel I do this as part of a learned behavior because of how I grew up in a household of mostly males—I had a brother and no sisters, I was closer to my dad who embodies and portrays more masculine qualities than being closer to my mom who embodied more feminine qualities. When one looks to the role of their plumbing if you will, I feel as though that has no bearing on my or others gender roles as you have feminine females, masculine females, and so

I went to a masquerade ball dressed in a pink dress, wearing makeup, and also wearing a wig. I wore heels and stood in a more feminine way—hand on leg and hip, popping one side of my hip out more than the other to give my body more of a curved stance than that of a standing straight up stance. I did this to dispel that a man cant, shouldn’t, or even wouldn’t dare wear a dress and all the fixings because it isn’t the masculine thing to do. I did this going out in public and to a few public venues even where I came in contact with both genders and a variety of age

People have the gender roles down where females are to dress a certain way and wear makeup, and males are to do the opposite of that. So had a female gone out in public with makeup on and a dress, no one would have batted an eye. My opinion as it relates to gender defiance is that women have it easier than men do if they so choose to deviate from their expected role. Women don’t seem to really be judged for what they wear per se, more or less their hairstyles and whether or not they are planning on having kids or not. I would say most women don’t seem to care if their female counter part dresses, even if it is in boy clothes, but once you cut your hair to that of a masculine hairstyle, eyes start to be on them. Males on the other hand tend to have it harder as if you break from the expected masculine behavior, even if it is just your mannerism, your peers are on that like white on rice and will look to make fun of them for breaking their gender role. I do ponder though what sexuality plays into the perception of what exactly the gender role is for someone—as a gay male, is it expected that I act feminine? For lesbians is it expected they all embody this butch masculine gender