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One of my old classmates from the gifted education program now identifies as a girl. I work with his father, now - and it's rather clear that debate has been had.

There is more there than just a gender identity thing. He was never the aggressive or macho type and clearly didn't comprehend sex in quite the same way as most people. Not that I can say much, but I never had cause or impulse to think I was a girl, either, and I tended to socialize with girls more strongly than my male peers.

We all, who were in that program, find it a bit odd. He isn't dressing up as a pretty girl - it's deliberately trashy.

It took me quite some time to socialize with other male peers - even in the military, I mostly tolerated them until, at some point, around 24 ish years old or so, a lot of the pedantic stuff seemed to go away and there was more I had to talk about and socialize with male peers with.

I could see how someone who had a bit more pressure at home (my dad was over 40 when I was born and had been through Vietnam, so there wasn't much that man was not mentally prepared to deal with) and similar problems socializing would feel as though he was not a man or somehow not right.

This is especially true since the media tends to lampoon the masculine role/archetype such that no reasonable person wants to be it.

I am curious - is it a desire to see the ideation of a feminine form? IE - are you trying to bring a woman you think should exist to be, or is it that you don't know how to visualize yourself as a man?

When I envision myself, I see something closer to the ancient warrior/craftsman. For an anime comparison - a Roy Mustang or Gilgamesh from Fate Zero.

I may joke that Satsuki is the Man Empress of Mankind - but I would liken myself to Senketsu if I had to.

If I had to point out someone who reminds me of my father, I would point you to the TechIngredients channel - as some have called him, "science Dad."

I obviously enjoy anime and stories where women take center stage to be great - and I am not without a concept of feminine ideation - there are visions of my future partner, my prospective daughter(s), etc, but they are distinct things from myself.