This is actually not something I've specifically come across in academia before but I'm not the most widely read. There is definitely the idea of different masculinities and femininities.
It feels linked to the phenomenon of non-threatening "soft uwu boys" that the internet keeps being let down by. It's a good thought tho and something that I think would be interesting to look into.
I guess it depends, like if they're a friend and have a really nice positive reaction I might ride the high of gift giving but if it's more of a courtesy thing like it sounds your sitch was, it might not register like that.
Oh hey idk if Steam lets you use a gamepad for keyboard & mouse input on non-steam stuff, but there's a great program called Joy2Key that lets you emulate a keyboard/mouse with a game pad!
Dogmantra wrote
Reply to God I'm thankful for jstpst by twovests
it's ok because I'm still shitty ;)