Q: Could you explain “gender-bender”?

A gender bender is someone who “bends” gender roles, that is, someone who does what people of the opposite sex usually do.

For example?

Well, a girl who drinks a lot (and I don’t mean tea), a boy who dresses in bright red and yellow (post-1980 generations excluded), a man who wears a skirt (Scottish people excepted), and obviously, a transsexual.

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