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[–]threefingersam 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel some sympathy when teenage girls try to run away from being women. But if they're grown-ass adults like 30yo women, not so much.

[–]Skipdip 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, I feel for them too. My grandma is 85 and still is perpetually dieting and worrying about looking young. I used to be like “how can adults get sucked into this”, but then I realized that patriarchal conditioning never really goes away unless we really do the work.