Healthy Masculinity and Femininity

Reject Old School Ideas about Gender Roles

Societies decide how men and women should behave; this is how people’s ideas about gender roles are formed.

There is nothing wrong with people being who they want to be, whether they want to act in a way that society defines as “masculine,” “feminine,” or neither! The problem with masculinity and femininity comes when these terms are used to tell others what is acceptable. For example, it is unfair to characterize men who are sensitive as “sissies” or women who are assertive as “bossy”.