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

both are “rooted in the belief that if you change your body, you will no longer hate yourself”

I'll tack onto that "and an unjustifiable belief that your body is wrong"

[–]Musky༼⁠ ⁠つ⁠ ⁠◕⁠‿⁠◕⁠ ⁠༽⁠つ 🐈 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think it's really surprising a lot of girls are uncomfortable with puberty and would rather not deal with it, the idea that becoming a man instead is possible preys on those feelings.