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That is a provocative thought. But it were the case—if every young (apparent) girl felt the same unease about their gender—one would assume that the people in
by watchme 9y ago
That is a provocative thought.
But it were the case—if every young (apparent) girl felt the same unease about their gender—one would assume that the people in the town would have already acknowledged that. They seem quite comfortable discussing gender.
- cocokitty 9y agoOn the other hand, if there was a clear way to distinguish the guevedoces from the "permanent" girls before puberty, then they would presumably raise them as boys, not girls, because they would know that the penis is going to eventually come in. But their descriptions of discomfort with girlhood don't sound that much different than the ones I had, and so the parents can't tell them apart from any other persistent tomboy. Traditional girlhood is not a positive experience, it is designed to shape children for a subservient adult role. It is not strange or unusual to hate it and it's not evidence that someone is secretly a boy.
- mfoy_ 9y agoThis is exactly the point I wanted to make and was the anecdote I was hoping someone would share. Funny how once their penises start growing they're accepted for the boyishness, but the "real" girls are stuck in their shitty gender role, and few people note the hypocrisy.