16-11-2023, 08:19 PM
I think you're right at the brink where your body proportions cannot be missed for anything else than what they are... But perception is really strange, everybody seems to have their own "programming" about it and lot of gender typical traits override others. Like obvious male voice and mannerism overrides a whole lot of curves, but only to an extent.
For example, if I would dress up as a guy and lower my voice on purpose and behave like a typical man (a role I'm good at acting if I want to.) I bet no one would take me seriously for a moment. They would think I'm pulling a prank and being silly or see me as obnoxious trans guy.
I think with body proportions there is a threshold to this, and if body is shouting a woman, but voice, mannerism and body language is that of a man, that lands to the uncanny valley of gender perception and people will be weirded out and confused. Maybe more that than hostile, exclusing some totally stuck up stiff upper lip bigots obviously. I think this kind of breaking of gender norms flies way better under the radar in big cities, any more progressive area... But in some redneck hilbilly town still living in the past century, nope, they might go ballistic about it.
For example, if I would dress up as a guy and lower my voice on purpose and behave like a typical man (a role I'm good at acting if I want to.) I bet no one would take me seriously for a moment. They would think I'm pulling a prank and being silly or see me as obnoxious trans guy.
I think with body proportions there is a threshold to this, and if body is shouting a woman, but voice, mannerism and body language is that of a man, that lands to the uncanny valley of gender perception and people will be weirded out and confused. Maybe more that than hostile, exclusing some totally stuck up stiff upper lip bigots obviously. I think this kind of breaking of gender norms flies way better under the radar in big cities, any more progressive area... But in some redneck hilbilly town still living in the past century, nope, they might go ballistic about it.