I asked, hoping he would say something I could use in my paper. He paused for a second. I told him. He said defensively. I mean, I would have thought it was weird if it were guys also.
Normal people don t usually fight in the middle of the street.
Okay, well thanks. He was obviously uncomfortable with the gender scripts he had internalized. I moved on and looked for another person to question, but the rest of my witnesses had left. Molly and I waited twenty minutes and repeated the performance. That time, I questioned an older couple who were waiting at the light.