I’m Done Acting Out Traditional, Gender-Role Stereotypes in My Relationships

And that’s why I’m dating across the gender spectrum

Anne Shark
Age of Empathy
Published in
5 min readJun 18, 2022

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Photo by Magda Ehlers

I’m twenty years old, turning down the corridor towards the cafeteria of my small, liberal arts college, and there’s my boyfriend. He’s surrounded by some of his friends, and his body is moving, as it often does, in a solo dance of expressiveness.

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Anne Shark
Age of Empathy

Polyamorous and sex-positive essayist, poet, and over-thinker.