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[–]Fraeulein 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was a big tomboy growing up. If TRAs were as rampant then as they are now, I know for a fact I would have thought I was trans or nonbinary, especially since internalized misogyny and sexual trauma contributed a lot to avoidance of stereotypical feminine things. I cannot express how grateful I am that wasn't something so prominent back then and that I never had to go through permanently wrecking my body as a kid, because now that I'm older, I realize just how much I love being a woman. It really makes me sad that tomboys aren't allowed to be just tomboys anymore. Impressionable young girls now are having it drilled into their heads that if they don't adhere to each and every gender based stereotype expected of them, then they can't possibly be a girl.