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[–]Catbug 38 insightful - 6 fun38 insightful - 5 fun39 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

is because you’re a man. It makes sense. The reason I hated my periods, the way puberty affected my body? Because I was a man. If I was a woman, I wouldn’t care about my periods, or growing breasts, or being looked at differently by adults before I could comprehend what they were looking at. If I was a woman, all that and more would not have been troubling to me.

What an idiot. Enjoying her self deprecating tone throughout.

[–]Anna_Nym 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You read through the end, right? That's just describing his thought process at the time. His whole point is that he understands now that what he thought at 12 years old was oversimplified and wrong. (not shocking given how young he was!)

[–]Catbug 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah I read it. It’s an excellent reason to stop giving children hormones and stuff when they think such silly and simplistic things about sex.

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

Yes, I agree current society is failing our teen girls in horrible ways. I don't think the teen girls are idiots for being failed, though.

[–]Catbug 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The idea is idiotic and girls are being failed by nobody challenging their childish misconceptions. Children are dumb by nature. Adults are supposed to protect them from their dumb ideas.