💁: “ Auntie, I'm a straight girl, but I only really feel comfortable in boyish clothes. I would never change myself just to get a guy, but often my friends will try to persuade me to 'girl up' a bit to try to attract a date. They never force anything on me, but when I'm out with them my clothes can sometimes make me feel like a child in comparison to their short dresses and high heels.
My question is- “Do you think that some men are attracted to more masculine women?”
Auntie: “Definitely. So glad you told me. There are so many straight girls out there just like you who prefer to dress more boyish/androgynous. And so many straight guys are into that. (I know many!) They might not all have the eggs to say it, but secretly they all want to bone the boyish girls. And I’d give you the same advice I gave the last person about how to talk to your friends about it. Right now, gender non-conforming dressing is often more accepted and celebrated in queer spaces. I hope that someday everyone will be just as exploratory of gender presentation and identity."
