It’s a sad state of affairs that in this day and age, even people who consider themselves to be very liberal and accomodating (as well as people who are not accomodating and have a definite sense of what they think is right and wrong and any deviation is considered sinful and almost criminal) still think that males who like feminine things must be gay, and being gay is still not considered desirable (it might be acceptable or tolerable, but not desirable).
At best, the most liberal empathetic, welcoming people still consider being gay to be a slightly pathetic state of being (meaning: something no one wants to be, if they can avoid it, even if there’s nothing wrong with it per se).
On the other hand, a female doing typically male oriented things makes them appear strong and successful (and super fun, especially if they’re into sports and support their mates in watching sports on TV), but no one generally thinks of them as being gay or being lesbians (unless they look like guys, which is a totally different thing). Females can like both typically male or female things and everybody’s happy. Males get looked down upon when they’re interested in typically female activities.
That tends to change when people, especially couples, get a little bit older (especially if the male hasn’t done anything to suggest that he might be gay). Then the women are happy to have a guy who loves to cook and go shopping with her and be willing, without complaint, to go to a figure skating show or the ballet or to a book club meeting. But she will still expect him to get rid of spiders and unclog the toilet and lift heavy stuff.