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[–]RevengeOfTheCis 31 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 0 fun32 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So many girls go NB or TIF not because they despise femininity, but because they resent that it's forced on them.

It's interesting because men seem to go NB or TIM because they fetishize femininity, precisely because it's forced on women.

[–]fuckupaddams 19 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's how I see it, women become trans to escape womanhood, and men become trans to enter womanhood.

[–]worried19 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't blame them, in a way. Femininity is becoming ever more pornified. If you want to be a "fashionable" teenage girl, you have to show off your body and sexualize yourself for the male gaze. No wonder so many young girls are uncomfortable with it.

[–]RevengeOfTheCis 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. I definitely don't blame them, either. And not only do you have to sexualize yourself, you have to look perfect while doing it. I can't imagine what it's like being a teenage girl these days, where everyone is addicted to looking at social media accounts of the few girls who were blessed with very lucky genetics, and/or are very skilled with Photoshop...

Of course models have always existed, but it's on a completely different level now than before because images of those models are now accessible 24/7. It's like how we often talk about how libfems say porn has always been around, but they don't understand the difference of the occasional Playboy magazine versus the constant, never-ending, 24/7 access to PornHub. Instagram is like the PornHub of the fashion magazines that used to hurt girls' self-esteem. Now those fashion magazines are around constantly, waiting in your pocket or purse, and girls look at them all the time and feel worse and worse about themselves.

I just hate it.