• Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
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      3 months ago

      It’s not uncommon for someone to go “my friend just figured out some gender stuff and now they’re exactly what I’d like to be… Oooh ahh gender thoughts!”

      • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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        3 months ago

        On the flip side, I remember being like 8ish and my friend told me that I shouldn’t say “cheers” to say thank you, because that’s what boys say (indeed, I had picked it up from my brother and dad). Instead, I should say “ta” (or just “thanks”). That is so incredibly gender, I can scarcely believe it happened.

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      Huh. I was thinking that’s the default. Children emulating the world around them as they develop. Copying from their peers