My parents were actually pretty chill about me running around in skirts and eyeliner. I lucked out and got the “be polite to people, respect people’s differences, don’t fight unless you have to, and also here’s how to use a power drill 3,000 different ways” masculinity instead of strict adherence to normative gender roles.
Was going to make a joke about parents forcing gender roles on you, but that’s probably super relevant
My parents were actually pretty chill about me running around in skirts and eyeliner. I lucked out and got the “be polite to people, respect people’s differences, don’t fight unless you have to, and also here’s how to use a power drill 3,000 different ways” masculinity instead of strict adherence to normative gender roles.