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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 35 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Moding, be it boy or girl, is presenting as that gender, regardless of internal gender.

As an example, a trans woman may sometimes choose to present masculine for whatever reason. That would be boymode.

However, a trans man choosing to present masculine is also boymode.

Obviously, it would follow that non binary people or gender fluid people would also be able to choose to present masculine and thus go boymode.

The term exists as an expression of presentation, regardless of birth assigned gender, or genital/gonad configuration at the time of moding.

I'm cishet male, and could girlmode if I so choose, as the term does exist within that frame of reference as well, albeit rarely. It isn't even about passing; my giant bearded self could still girlmode, and it would be an accurate usage of the term still.

That's actually part of what the greentext implies; the Lord of that realm isn't passing, but is still boymoding, and his subjects respect that once they're made aware of it.

That all being said, it is rarer to see the term used when presenting as your affirmed gender. It would typically only be used when presenting as your assigned gender. It's also unusual to see it happen once someone is well into transition as there's less and less point in moding assigned gender.

The caveat in that is that it is a slang term. It may not be used exactly the same everywhere, or even reliably so in the same locale. I've known people that reject it applying to anyone that's cis, as it isn't the same thing for a cis person to present as a different gender than their assigned one. There's a totally separate set of social mores around it, and that does matter. It's also fairly rare for cis folks to present as other than their cis gender, and it wouldn't be for the same reasons. But I have heard and seen it used in that context, so I included it here to be thorough.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 hours ago

Would cis male drag queens would an example of girl moding by a cis person?

I've used the term, but never really considered it's edges, if you know what I mean

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Drag is such a specific thing, I don't know if most of it would count tbh.

Stage drag is as much an art performance as anything else. It's an exaggeration of feminine presentation. I wouldn't argue or fuss if someone said it was girlmode, but I don't think of it that way usually.

However! There are performers, and non performers, that "serve real fish". While that term is contentious, it's a distinct part of drag; and it's about presenting in such a way as to directly mimic standard feminine presentation rather than the exaggerated and performative side. So it would definitely count, imo.

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