But after coming to accept my own obviously queer voice, I've come to realize as well that the almost indescribable complexities presented by real life not squaring with an easy male-female gender divide for a long time caused me a bit of unstated embarrassment about being attracted far more to queer voices than to those that are not.
"Aggressiveness is the easiest male trait to emulate," she explained in a recent interview at her apartment in San Francisco, where she has taken the unusual step for a high-powered academic of running for a public office.
The choice was easy: the male was bigger, with a fierce expression, and he stalked lithely around the furniture.
Her lightness makes it relatively easy for male dancers to lift her, and her alacrity in floating in the air was a constant delight.
"For better or worse, the women's movement has had its breakthrough successes and the old easy white male ego has withered in the glare," he writes, adding, "The great white stars of yesteryear were for the most part gone, gone in football, in basketball, in boxing and half gone in baseball".
With few women in leadership positions, it is easy for male colleagues to compare and contrast them like commodities at a farmer's market.
"Hey, easy!" a male voice says off-screen. "Hey, get back!" "Get on the... ground or you're dead!" a voice yells.
Surgical reversal is easier for male sterilization.
At the very least, it seems easier for male actors to reach and maintain that top salary level.
It was always that bit easier for male TV stars and celebrities, as they could play the camp role and become objects of affection.
She added: "It's been easier for male executives to feel great about having kids, because in the traditional division of labor, it's the wives' responsibility.
