Re: Since we're getting things off our chest . . .

I want to say that I hate masculinity.

We already knew that, don't worry! We still love you.

I like jewelry even though I don't own a lot of it(too expensive)--I like it because to me it softens masculinity.

First, that's cultural. Not all cultures have associated jewelery with femininity.

Second, I had you in a better concept. You are financing wars and dictatorships with your taste for jewelry. (you and anyone else who does it, of course)

I also said the main reason I'm not a cross-dresser is because I don't think I could pull it off aesthetically; if I thought I could I probably would, at least sometimes.

I hate most of what passes for fashion, both sexes. But skirts are the natural bottoms. The only reason to wear pants was to ride a horse, and I don't see many people riding horses these days. Though like you, I would wear skirts if I could get away with it.

You know the kind: they squint their eyes and walk with their fists clinched, as if they're about to get in a fight any minute. They have exactly two emotional gears: stoic and pissed. They think it's sons.) They won't talk about anything that they feel is too feminine. They're often loud and abrasive. They're the school bully or the obnoxious coach. Honestly, I detest them. I have absolutely no use for them at all, never have. The problem is, there's a bit of that in most males, and it tends to alienate me from potential male friends.

Yeah, and females are to blame. They select them and have for thousands of years. If females didn't select them, they wouldn't reproduce and their traits wouldn't survive. For every female that goes for the gentleman, ten go for the thug.

I believe the world would be much better if women ruled everything.

Me too. We're looking into cloning Maggie, but experiments are taking longer than hoped for.

Masculinity breeds patriarchal thinking, which is abominable to me.

Mmm, explain? Masculinity as you defined is a genetic trait. Patriarchal thinking, as in "thinking" is a cultural trait.