As a boy, all I wanted was to be accepted and liked by the other boys, but that acceptance meant I had to acquire this almost disgusted view of the feminine, and since we were told that feminine is the opposite of masculine, I either had to reject embodying any of these qualities or face rejection myself.
Kao dijete, samo sam želio da me ostali dječaci prihvate i vole, ali to je podrazumijevalo da mi se ženstvenost gotovo mora gaditi, a kako su nas učili da je ženstveno obrnuto od muževnog, morao sam ili odbiti utjelovljenje oba svojstva, ili biti odbijen od drugih.