Gender norms and coercion portrays an enormous deal in our society and culture but it should not have to be that way. There shouldn't be such a thing as a gender norm for masculinity and femininity. You should be able to do and act however you want and absolutely no one should tell you what to do. There shouldn't be a fear or panic if you don't comply with gender norms. No one should feel threatened, killed, or hurt just for being themselves. That poor boy that died in Maine because of the way he walked and that his swish because more pronounced does not give anyone the right to end it. He has the right to walk and act like he wants, it's his life and he does what makes him happy. Those boys that expunged and negated the boy's walk by beating him and throwing him over a bridge to die are examples of the all the ignorance that revolves in society. That type of behavior is unhuman and cruel. People teach kids to follow the gender norms and that automatically leads to them rejecting people that aren't "normal." Everyone is unique and there is no such thing as being "normal."
I agree with you on everything. No one should be discriminated against because of the way that they carry themselves. There is no such thing as normal there are only consistent gender related characteristics that children are taught when they are young. I know of a kid when I was in middle school that would be bullied every day just because of the way he talked. It got so bad that he had to change schools so he could fit in. It was a horrible feeling watching the way he was treated and knowing that I was not treated that way because I acted "normal".
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