What are your definitions of "man" and "woman?"
I define a man as someone who identifies as a man and a woman as someone who identifies as a woman regardless of biological/birth sex.
Are there any specific gender roles that you think should be there? Are there any you wish did not exist?
I believe that gender roles are the antithesis of a productive society. By putting both men and women in boxes, we limit both.
Do you conform to the society's gender expectations? Is there anything you do that is not usually associated with your gender? If you do conform, is it more because society expects you to or because you identify with the expectations?
I to a certain extent conform, but at the same time I consider myself a leader (or at least i try and be one), and unfortunately that is a role our society has deemed generally male.
A lot of the time when it's socially acceptable for a man to expose his chest, a woman has to cover hers. Yet when it is socially acceptable for a woman to show her legs, arms, and cleavage (think dresses), the same is not acceptable for a man. What are your thoughts about these two situations?
While I am totally against the idea of shaming girls for dressing sexually promiscuously because I find it a form of victim blaming, I acknowledge the fact that society finds different parts of the male and female anatomy sexual.
In many cases, women and girls are encouraged to embrace their masculine side, while feminine men and boys are looked down upon by society. What do you think about this? Why do you think femininity is seen as less than masculinity? How does this relate to discrimination in the workplace?
I think that femininity is in fact demonized by our society. And, honestly, this is more harmful to boys than to girls. Femininity is considered acceptable, or even encouraged, in girls but frowned upon in boys. Girls have the fluidity to be masculine or feminine but boys can only be masculine.
Is it important to make the world a more welcoming place for gender nonconforming people? If so, how can this be done?
Having lived on the border of the Castro in san Francisco, my perspective on the worlds acceptance of gender nonconforminists was always a little too optimistic. We need to realize that if people don't like to label themselves then they shouldn't have too. I think that we should expand the use of gender neutral names so people who don't identify with a gender can do so with less backlash.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Not really:)
