masculine tips p. 1

my little how-to on how to appear more masculine, confident, pass better, etc:

would like to preface this by saying a lot of physical masculinity is based on genetics so don’t work yourself up!

1) body language

this is my biggest tip because, like, you could be androgynous—but if your body language is masculine, the flip switches entirely. main point is to take up space and slow down. 

for example, walking. you’re going to be taking longer, deeper strides. this way you not only take up more space, but your movements will be less paced, you go further each step. back in middle school i would do literal lunges across the field to get myself used to walking with wider steps and it helped quite a lot.

another more basic example is standing/sitting. it’s a bit more obvious—manspread comfortably, have a little slouch. but don’t be a hunchback because the point is not to be shorter, it’s to be more relaxed/confident. crossing your legs the “dude” way takes up more space, too.

apply this idea to a lot of things! could work with shaking someones hand, waving, placing your chair in class—focus on being slow and taking up some more space.

2) voice

while kind of obvious, males have lower voices, so voice training helps a lot. but i have my own perspective to add to it:

the most important thing isn’t to sound “lower”, but to sound “growlier”. if you haven’t been voice training for a long time you’re probably going to sound a little dumb trying to hit deep notes. it helps a lot to scale out where your voice can naturally hit, and utilise the lower notes. these lower notes, when said properly (and i’m no professional to explain how to achieve this), will give your voice some level of “growl” or… idk there’s probably an actual term for it. it’ll make even high notes sound masculine.

3) fit of clothing

i know y’all are emo. but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with feminine fitting clothing. the biggest points to dressing masculine are: same-on-same, and longer torso. 

same-on-same insinuates that you’ll be wearing a baggy shirt with a baggy pair of pants—maybe layering, but still all should be baggy. it also means you’ll wear some well-fitted clothes, but ALL should be well-fitted. if you’re EMO emo, skinny on skinny. 

it’s rare but sometimes you’ll see a guy wearing a tight shirt on super baggy pants and honestly that CAN be an exception but if you’re trying to hide your figure it might be eehh.

i can go into more detail on clothing and give more tips but thatd be part 2, toodles