i really hate when girls say “i act like a guy” and don’t mean anything trans-y but actually mean “i say things straightforwardly” or “i play video games” or “i eat as much as i want” or “i belch in public”

that is not “guy” behavior, that is just behavior. and “acting like a guy” or “being one of the guys” is something you’ve only been taught to value because you were taught to value men more highly than you value women. you have internalized so much misogyny that you are actively trying to identify with the class that holds the power in a way that puts down the class that doesn’t. you say you “act like a guy” and we all know that this means you think that “acting like a girl” is less than, somehow, worthless, valueless, and your way of acting- the GUY way of acting- is better

this is fucked up let’s stop doing this

act how you want and stop worrying if it’s too girly and stop valuing the aspect of it that isn’t girly just value it because you like it jeez