When toxic masculinity gets under the skin: Confessions of a tenderhearted butch
How is it that, as I approach half a century on the planet as a butch-identified woman, I still struggle with the constraints of masculinity?
Thirty years ago, I went to an all women's college where I was steeped in feminist thought and critiques of hegemonic masculinity. I read Butler, Halberstam, Connell, and other feminist, gender, and queer theorists. I even started a group more than 20 years ago for butches and transmen to explore issues, such as male privilege, sexism, and internalized misogyny. I get it -- the gender binary and masculinity are social constructs that hurt us all.
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Thirty years ago, I went to an all women's college where I was steeped in feminist thought and critiques of hegemonic masculinity. I read Butler, Halberstam, Connell, and other feminist, gender, and queer theorists. I even started a group more than 20 years ago for butches and transmen to explore issues, such as male privilege, sexism, and internalized misogyny. I get it -- the gender binary and masculinity are social constructs that hurt us all.
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