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[–]Death_Tephra 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It resonates a lot with my preteens and teen years. 9-12 I was convinced (fixated) on being a boy. Then when puberty hit I became severely anorexic and I cut myself. I wore multiple tubetops to hide my breasts, JNCO jeans, and xxl shirts to hide my body, which did not prevent men from sexually harassing me. I even considered testosterone and SRS. I'm confident in my natural female body because of GC ideology. My mom knew it was a phase and always reeled me in from my worst tendencies. I hope parents wake up to this new "contagion".

[–]Overdrive 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's really awful that parents are becoming afraid to decide what they feel is best for their children and being afraid to speak out about it to the world. That fear is probably hurting so many people.

I'm happy that I read your story, I've become much more confident after a period of really, really confusing times. Those are so real for so many women. You have an awesome fearless momma.