Subconscious Stereotypes And Gender Analysis

I believe that I have subconscious stereotypes regarding gender because I occasionally feel pressured to ‘be a man’. Throughout my high school years, I worked on expressing my own individuality instead of focusing on being ‘manly’. However, I sometimes feel that people constantly judge me for being myself. Unfortunately, the old me would succumb to conformity, and I would try to change myself for others. But as time passed on, I learned to be myself because I am the only Zachary Micah Higa that exists in this world.