02-02-2012, 06:06 AM
I'd rather phrase it as things people perceive as stereotypically masculine or feminine. Because I don't really view any of my behaviours as distinctly masculine or feminine.
Let's try masculine first:
Hockey fan mostly, but am conversant about most sports.
Used to handle dead bodies at work without any problems (although I've known many a woman capable of this, and have also seen a 16 year old boy throw up when I gave him the task of bagging a dead cat)
Have a B. Sci.
Don't mind getting dirty (the above may have been an indication of that)
No interest in fashion or shopping.
Now let's try feminine:
Ah, teen dramas are a bit of a guilty pleasure.
A massive poetry collection.
Season tickets to the opera.
Love of the theatre.
(Although, I feel the dominant conception of masculinity is twisted in a sense just to reflect dominant middle class ideals. So, that if you like things that are not done by the majority of middle class men, then you're effeminate, which is nonsense.)
Let's try masculine first:
Hockey fan mostly, but am conversant about most sports.
Used to handle dead bodies at work without any problems (although I've known many a woman capable of this, and have also seen a 16 year old boy throw up when I gave him the task of bagging a dead cat)
Have a B. Sci.
Don't mind getting dirty (the above may have been an indication of that)
No interest in fashion or shopping.
Now let's try feminine:
Ah, teen dramas are a bit of a guilty pleasure.
A massive poetry collection.
Season tickets to the opera.
Love of the theatre.
(Although, I feel the dominant conception of masculinity is twisted in a sense just to reflect dominant middle class ideals. So, that if you like things that are not done by the majority of middle class men, then you're effeminate, which is nonsense.)