ppl who say that masculinity is rewarded are sooo wrong. i get where they're coming from, i really do, but it's the wrong angle entirely
adherence to gendered expectations is what is "rewarded," and even then, it's not so much rewarded as treated as a baseline. tbh, instead of talking about "rewarded" ways of being, i think it's still more accurate to say that any deviation from gendered expectations is punished; a stance which includes trans people, of course, but also cis people who for some reason or other do not embody the expectations of their gender
a butch woman is not rewarded for her masculinity; a trans man is not rewarded for his masculinity. not all cis men are, either!!
like, we can acknowledge that men are given a position of power relative to women in the states (<- look, obviously this extends beyond the states, but i'm just limiting this to where i am located/the society i know best π) without jumping to the oversimplified conclusion of "masculinity is rewarded!"
a woman being or coming across to someone in a masculine way is not rewarded. a man being or coming across to someone in a feminine way is not rewarded. her masculinity does not override the cultural pressure for adherence to femininity; his being a man does not shield him from the cultural adherence to a masculinity that does not intersect with femininity
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