<![CDATA[Cis people are so weirdly hung up on gendering objects.]]>Cis people are so weirdly hung up on gendering objects. Like pretty often a customer will show interest in a watch and then ask me if it's a men's or women's watch in a way that it almost feels like they're asking ME for permission to enjoy the watch. I typically default to saying that most watches are unisex but if the customer finds out what the intended demographic of a given model is it seriously affects their ultimate decision!!

And like that's so crazy! You like the watch, it's the right size for your wrist, you look good with it but you still choose not to buy it because some guy in Japan or Switzerland arbitrarily decided it's for women??? Men are allowed to wear smaller watches (tiiiiiny watches were the pinnacle of formal men's fashion historically) and women are allowed to wear larger watches. All that matters is that it isn't absurdly out of proportion relative to your wrist.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/78e35cd3-ef77-4d5a-9208-d161684ab1cc/cis-people-are-so-weirdly-hung-up-on-gendering-objects.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 16:46:38 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 07:52:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cis people are so weirdly hung up on gendering objects. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:18:45 GMT]]>@njion@bark.lgbt I think when I still identified as male, the start of breaking that down was how blatant the marketing towards men is, especially with bath products! I got fed up with the 321463-in-1 shampoo, conditioner, body wash, car wash, toothpaste, stove cleaner, carpet cleaner, laundry detergent, dish detergent...

And then I read, from another man, about how "men's shampoo," if it isn't the exact same as "women's," it's inferior. They just sell men worse shit and mark it up.

And it was all over after that. I stopped caring who it was meant for and started caring if it matched my vibe. Certainly made it pretty easy to slide into being enby when I came to that conclusion.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/akzj8r8nriyz02cohttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/akzj8r8nriyz02coSun, 12 Apr 2026 16:18:45 GMT