Using the term "man" to identify myself has always seemed off. I'm still not entirely sure why, but part of me thinks it might have something to do with having a mostly negative predisposition to adult males as a child. Most of the ones I met scared me for some reason.
I’m 29 years old and finally stopped identifying as a boy a couple years ago. I don’t identify as a man though either; that implies far too much adulting.
I never understood the “I identify as a man/woman” or “I just feel more like a man/woman”
I don’t “feel” like anything, I just am a man. What do people mean when they say they feel like a gender that isn’t just based on certain stereotypical interests or preferences?
I’ve never considered age as part of gender representation. It makes me think of how females who describe themselves as girls get more attention than those who describe themselves as women. Also show business where groups of females are constantly referred to as girls