My gender therapist told me this in response to something I said referencing my chest. It was a while ago but it’s stuck with me. I’m wondering what you all think of this comment? The comment felt disqualifying, like I was less male for calling my chest a “breast”, or I would be seen as less male because of it, but I can be pretty sensitive so I might be overthinking and she might be right that men don’t talk like that.
Cis guy here. I would agree with her and interpret it as friendly advice to help you pass as one of the guys. About the only context in which I can imagine calling a guy’s chest a “breast” would be, IDK, if I were doing some melodramatic Shakespearian/ren faire “ye olde” speak, or something silly like that.
'Course, I wasn’t there, so maybe there was something about the tone or context that would imply a less favorable interpretation – YMMV.