Anyone identify with being feminine? How about masculine?

[Whateverist]

I'm more of a robot-dude than a girly-man.

Maybe I'm suppressing my inner robot-dude?  I wonder if there is a chant for getting in touch with that?

[vorlon13]

I'd say I identify as sexually masculine and non-sexually neutral. I think because most guys put on a show to act manly and to try not to cry or whine or act un-masculine (which ironically I think is insecure and non-masculine of them)... I think most of us have a distorted sense of what it means to be neutral. I'm more neither masculine nor feminine, in reality, I think... outside the bedroom.

I'm more of a robot-dude than a girly-man.

it depends on what a guy is crying about as to whether or not it's masculine.

[Joods]

To answer the OP:

I'm a heterosexual. My answer is probably going to be complicated though. On the one hand, I can get all dolled up if I have somewhere nice to go. On the other hand, the majority of my days, I'm a t-shirt and jeans, messy hair, no makeup kinda girl. I am diverse in lots of areas. I know how to fix most things on a car. I rebuilt a double barrel carburetor when I was 19, yet when my oldest was two, I made every piece of clothing she wore. I hate shopping. I own several power tools and I know how to use them all. I am in a pool league. I'm studying to be a cosmetologist because I love doing other people's hair. I am totally in the "mom" role and love being one. I cook and bake like no one's business.

So really, for me, it depends on the day as to whether or not I feel pretty. But know this....

I am all woman.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I think I fall in line with a lot of the masculine stereotypes - I'm tall, physically fit, I like sport, and I get five o'clock shadow by noon.

That being said, I can also cook things that aren't meat on places other than an outdoor grill, I'm a reasonably good sempstor, I can knit, and I tend to cry at the sad bits in films.

Boru

So basically pretty cultured and human?  Just trying to tease out the 'masculine' bits.  Must be in the sports and the Homer Simpson shadow?

Well, the 'tall' bit as well. For some undefinable reason, tall men are considered more 'manly' than their vertically challenged counterparts. I don't know why this should be (as I said, these are stereotypes). The toughest bouncer I ever knew was 5'3".

Boru

[Edwardo Piet]

I'm more of a robot-dude than a girly-man.

Maybe I'm suppressing my inner robot-dude?  I wonder if there is a chant for getting in touch with that?

There is. Just chant "One Is Glad To Be Of Service" over and over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P41kPfi8uME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY0Qt9SkIoE

I have no idea how to intentionally do the wrong thing to be "more human". Andrew may have learned it but I haven't. The O.C.D. won't let me, it's built-in

I definitely have to learn to get less in touch with my inner robot

[Aegon]

Everybody has a mixture of femininity and masculinity. Especially because the definition of those words as we know them are fairly recent.

That's why, while I'm respectful of those who are trans, no other gender makes sense to me. Gender fluid? Sometimes you feel more feminine and other types more masculine? You mean like a typical person?

[drfuzzy]

I'm female.  I'm a lesbian. As looks go, I was pretty average until I gained weight.  

I don't really understand "butch" lesbians.  But I don't understand any woman who spends hours painting themselves to catch the attention of others.
Makeup and high heels (seriously - those things are freaking stupid) and frilly pink crap - - it all feels terribly artificial and dishonest to me.  For attire, I go
for clean, comfortable, and simple.  I'm not "feminine" - I'm a single woman who is quite capable of taking care of herself.  I'm not "masculine" - my 
behavior and mental outlook is female.  I have been told that I come across as a bit asexual and that it confuses people.  That's fine with me.

[Edwardo Piet]

Your authenticity is admirable. Can relate. Fuck the pretentious bullshit.

[c172]

I'm a 40/m/hetero. I have always been squeamish around "bro/fratboy" types until I get to know and like them individually. However, I do like sports quite a bit. However, not so much the "Big 4" sports here in America. And frankly, it may as well be women's sports. Last night, I watched a bit of the NC Sate/Minnesota match in the college (NCAA Div 1) women's soccer tourney. 

I'm also a fan of ballet. I went to see the Nutcracker back in '11. I love the costumes. Tchaikovsky fan, too. 

I dunno. I'm a man, but don't feel much identity with it, except in how I dress.

[Whateverist]

I'm female.  I'm a lesbian. As looks go, I was pretty average until I gained weight.  

I don't really understand "butch" lesbians.  But I don't understand any woman who spends hours painting themselves to catch the attention of others.
Makeup and high heels (seriously - those things are freaking stupid) and frilly pink crap - - it all feels terribly artificial and dishonest to me.  For attire, I go
for clean, comfortable, and simple.  I'm not "feminine" - I'm a single woman who is quite capable of taking care of herself.  I'm not "masculine" - my 
behaviors and mental outlook is female.  I have been told that I come across as a bit asexual and that it confuses people.  That's fine with me.

That's interesting.  I'm a straight guy and married to a woman who frequently draws the attention of lesbians.  In part it is probably my fault.  I asked her early on to leave off the little make up she used and she happily shit canned it all.  She likes to wear a 'uniform', meaning she gets attached to a particular kind of outfit, stocks up and wears it every day.  She will wear a dress for a formal thing, otherwise never.  But I think one of things I appreciate most about her is the total lack of affectation in her voice.  She speaks her mind regularly and spontaneously as do I and we both appreciate it.  

When we're younger and transitioning to adulthood it is normal to try out different ways to be.  But once we're grown I think it behooves us to get comfortable with ourselves as we are.  You sound like good people to me, Judi too.  In fact, I've always enjoyed the company of women more than men.  Maybe that makes me more feminine?  Don't know, don't really care, but it's all interesting.