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Anna Allen

There are many different ways that I've seen people "doing" gender.  Guys, most of the time, seem to wear their hair short, while women usually have their hair long.  I saw a young man with a few sparse braids in his hair in the library today (it was a look a bit reminiscent of Hiccup from the How to Train Your Dragon sequel, actually), which was a little unusual, but I don't think it was something that would cause a great deal of alarm in our student body.    Women wear calf-high and thigh-high boots, whereas you don't see too many boots on guys unless they have a Western look to them.  Guys seem more likely to carry the big backpacks, whereas girls seem more inclined to bags on one shoulder. 

There have been many women wearing sundresses around campus, which is something that, on a male, would be much more likely to get challenges from other people, since it is much less socially accepted right now.  I was talking to a friend of mine who is transitioning from male to female, and she was telling me that she gets jumped for wearing things like a nice blouse to go see a friend in public, so obviously there still exists a thin line between what is considered acceptable for a biological male to wear, and what is not.  With women, that line is not so easy to cross--they can wear clothing that would be perfectly acceptable on a guy with no problem (T-shirt, jeans, sneakers, collared shirt, etc.), and even if they wore something really perceived as masculine, like a full suit to a formal event or something, they might be on the receiving end of some negative comments, but I doubt there'd be people trying to throw their frying pans at them for their attire.