Which parts of masculinity do you want to keep? What makes those aspects masculine? I can't think of anything but tradition.
Anyway hope Author gets some estrogen in her stat.
I actually would quite like to get into this topic, you seem reasonable and I find it interesting to describe positive aspects of masculinity.
But before I do, you do realize that your question could just as easily be asked of femininity as well, right? And my answer to
that question would be hopelessly biased, as a trans woman myself. Without some notion of femininity, a major part of my identity is pointless.
My personal experience with gender identity has informed me that it is a stronger force than I would have expected, and I’m not sure it would be feasible to entirely eliminate gendered personality traits.
Would eliminating gender also eliminate gender dysphoria? I’m also biased there, because I actually think gender is quite fun once you and those around you stop policing about it.
That all being said, I certainly agree that a lot of the categorization is silly/bad. One of the main reasons I like the exercise of trying to identify positive masculine traits is so that I can try to do those things better consciously, since there isn’t as much social pressure for me to do them.