Let's talk gender coding for a minute

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So, while I was gone I took Mudd's big down coat. So Mudd wore my Schneider Award Jacket. It's like a letter jacket, has years of service velcro'd to the sleeve, says "Schneider" and has a name patch. Mine is half-folded over. This is important.

I am 6'. Mudd is 6'2" and slouches to 5'10". I am much larger around than he is. My coat is a 3X and he was lost in it.

Anyway, while he was out, people would ask "Oh you drive?" He would answer "No, it's my partner's coat." They would then take in the size of it.

A few of them looked at it and then at him. They came to one of two conclusions: his wife is an amazonian trucker (true) or he's gay and his lover is a big guy (false). The latter tended to edge away as if the gay were contagious. Far more came to the gay conclusion.

He found it an interesting social experiement.

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[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

I am amused by this, but I am three inches taller than my partner, who is heavier than I.

We confuse the hell out of people becuase I'm such a tomboy that folks assume I'm a lesbian, and he loves to sing and owns more musicals then our gay friends.