some days like today

When I need to be brave, some days I pretend I'm not a woman. I don't pretend to be a man, but more an entity aside from considerations of gender. Perhaps 'pretend' isn't the right word.

When I ignore the fact that other people look at me primarily as a female, it's much simpler and easier to walk purposefully and arrogantly, like I like to, to look at them in the face, and to say what I mean.