IdahoRose wrote:
I'm female and androgynous. For the most part, I like looking and behaving in a boyish way (I was once mistaken for a boy in middle school and felt very proud), but on rare occasions I do enjoy doing my nails, putting on makeup and wearing skirts/dresses. One of my sisters once described me as being "a touch of Venus and a touch of Mars", and my mom says that I don't act too much like either gender.
CockneyRebel wrote:
I've never identified with female characters on TV and in movies. Every role model that I've ever had was male.
Same here! Whenever I watch movies or television shows, I usually tend to identify the most with the lead male character. When I was a little girl and played pretend with my mom, I always pretended to be male characters. I never wanted to be the female characters. Also, in my own imaginary world, my alter ego is quite androgynous and behaves much like a "Prince Charming" type of character.
There are certain female characters whom I admire and care for very much, but I don't really see myself in them. The one possible exception is the titular Alice of Alice in Wonderland (I identify with both the one from the original books as well as the one from Tim Burton's version, albeit for different reasons).
Leading acts topic
I have felt this way, too, and when i was a kid there were very few strong leading female roles on TV, except for Lucille Ball, Phyllis Diller, and the like who did not act frilly feminine. This is why i did not like
Girl from Uncle or
Cat Woman, because they were girly types, deferring to men, and I was always more androgynous, as I am now, yet I identify as a woman, and mother, and would not want to be a man.
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