It's precisely because the norms demarcating gender are so arbitrary that they must be policed so ruthlessly

Reminds me of how weird my mom was when I said I wanted a strawberry cake for my birthday because it was pink. I just liked strawberry, I didn't care what color it was.

I had some relatives question a woodland theme to toys and bedding for a baby boy. Lots of green and brown, plus some snails, rabbits, deer and shit.

I used to work for a sports merchandise store and I regularly had women ask me if it was okay for their husbands to wear teal jerseys.

Like

1. Your husband will not explode if he puts on a Jaguars or Mariners jersey.

2. I love that my queer ass is the authority on cis-het masculinity. Like, yeah dude, teal is a manly color now. In fact, no one is talking about it, but so is fuchsia. Have you considered buying him a breast cancer awareness jersey?

Cisgenderism must be eradicated.

do boy like coloring

This one seems weird even by cis people standards

This shit makes me so mad, even more so because I know that if I ever raised a son I couldnt stop other people from conditioning him this way

I worked at a GameStop briefly. One time had a lady customer ask me if we could exchange a game in a Wii box for a PS2 box since her son in the military might think the white box is too feminine

"Oh yeah yeah you're right Sharon, play food is for women and the gay, OK here." drops loaded snubnosed revolver on the counter

As a parent of little kids I am now one million percent convinced all of this gendered “girls naturally like pink and ponies and boys naturally like blue and dinos” is utter nonsense. I try as best I can to just let my kids explore whatever they want and they do not fall along any of these gendered lines.

But ultimately, it feels like a losing battle since everyone in my life (partner included) as well as all of society is fighting against me on this. As my kids have gotten older I can already see how they are ~~falling~~ being pushed into gendered interests. But I know it’s not some organic interest. I can draw the lines and point to how they get so much societal push on these things.

BEWARE: An object’s ability to reflect certain wavelengths of light has the direct effect of permanently altering your child’s gender identity with repeat exposure.

I remember being a kid and my dad refusing to let me buy a Jigglypuff stuffie because "It's pink"

Well, guess what daddy, I have like ten of them now

a customer remind me she was buying a gift for a boy when I suggested play food

~~COMMUNISM~~ CISGENDER MALE = NO FOOD

No they aren't and I see this shit all the time at work. Dudes always pull up with their big ass pickup trucks bragging about how big and intimidating their car is. Refuse to touch electric cars or anything smaller than an SUV because "only queers and women drive those"

a customer telling her daughter she can't give out ice cream stickers because there will be boys at the party

wait a minute... if boys can't have ice cream... then what's the deal with all those memes about Joe Biden eating ice cream???

Joe Biden trans woman confirmed

When the revolution comes, I'm putting these people in the Leslie Feinberg Memorial Re-Education Camp

One time a friend needed to shave his face for an interview but he was out of blades. His sister handed him an unopened woman's razor and he said "ew, no!" Bruh, it's just different-colored plastic, and no one will even know.

Pink was considered a masculine color in settler-colonial North Amerikkka until the late 1800s. And all the presidents before Truman all wore dresses until they were toddlers in a socialized process called breeching where boys wouldn't wear male-gendered clothing until they were potty-trained and able to walk and talk.