(no subject)

I worry most of the time about how I appear to others, and what they may be expecting from me based on that appearance. I always anticipate, "People think about you less than you assume", and while I think that's generally true, I think both anecdotal and research data shows that when it comes to gender, that's less true than not.

I'm particularly self-conscious when entering or leaving the office of my electrolosist's office. Due to lots of forces, it's an almost exclusively feminine-identified clientele, and I worry immensely about standing out or drawing attention to myself. I know how I read to most people, and the presumed weight of attention/assumption/judgment is heavy on me.

Bonus: I'm slowly running out of facial hair to electrocute, so a reduction in pain and expenditure is on the distant horizon.