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Why can't a straight cis male wear a breezy skirt? Why can't a cis female wear cargo shorts and have hairy legs?
It's not just gender roles, we have boxes to put people in for every way they might choose to identify. It's getting time to break away from all of that.
People need to stop worrying about what others do with their genitals or even what those genitals are. Doesn't matter for anything until you want to get into a relationship.
The dichotomy of cultural gender roles vs biological identity is one of the reasons that this shit is so complicated that we shouldn't even try to regulate it unless clear harm is being done to people.
Tldr: shut up and legalize it, ya vulture suit asses.
The tweets give off the same energy as people who do something mundane like drink a coffee and by not getting a flamboyant one question their sexuality. But that one is always played off as a joke.
We can't look for signs or we will start applying them to people. If my son enjoys female-associated hobbies, that shouldn't be an indicator of a anything other than I should nurture it.
I personally know one who does