I was trembling with nervousness and tingly with strange excitement, which told me our little experiment was already succeeding… even before it had really begun!

I shared the same psychology class with my boyfriend, Aiden. Our professor was always telling us to think outside the box. She was big on gender issues and how people got socialized into accepting certain parameters. It was a tough course.

Early in the semester, we found ourselves with a paper due. Aiden and I had been allowed to pair up for the project. We had to come up with something clever and insightful. The professor had left the topic wide open for the class, which actually made the task harder. But Aiden and I had racked our brains, and we’d come up with a wild idea.

I was in the bathroom, putting on my… well,... Read More