I am not cis. And I think I might start telling everyone that to see if I get access to male privilege.
I was mistaken often for a boy as a child and I quite liked it. I was active and outdoorsy and played with boys often.
As a teenager I developed a very curvy figure and was miserable about it. I wanted to be skinny and even when very slim I never was. This has caused me misery.
I have suffered mental illness (depression and anxiety) on and off since puberty. This has included self harm and suicidal ideation.
As a young woman I was treated always as a sex object at college. Being at college was 3 years of running a gauntlet of constant objectification and occasional sexual assault. This made me miserable.
As a young woman working, or attempting to find work, I received constant objectifying feedback on my appearance. I have repeatedly found that my logical and unemotional manner receives censure at work even when the content of my work is excellent. I have failed to progress because my manner was not considered suitably sycophantic or empathetic.
Now that I am older I am less likely to be regarded as as sex object or as an ego boost for men and I am much happier at work. My direct and knowledgeable communications are more likely to be well received. I am interrupted less and am finally progressing a little where the recommendations I have made have been heeded and proved right.
As my work life becomes more satisfying and less closely tied to gender-based expectations on me to be feminine, my whole life is easier as my mental health improves. This makes all my relationships run more smoothly. It is reducing my self medicatino with alcohol and self harm and suicide never cross my mind.
Am I a transgender man?
Or does all that look pretty standard for a woman suffering under an oppressive regime called GENDER?