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Could be, though neither of these explain quite why it is girls in particular who are attempting to identify out of their sex, in a much larger ratio than boys.
by gyrovont 4y ago
Could be, though neither of these explain quite why it is girls in particular who are attempting to identify out of their sex, in a much larger ratio than boys.
Perhaps one root cause is that girls are uncomfortably sexualised much more than boys (as in, the 'male gaze'), and some try to escape this by adopting a belief that they're not girls / young women.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoI do believe it is a way to evade expectations, which are in my opinion much higher than for boys in the current culture. But I doubt it is boys oogling them. It isn't their fault and not the fault of boys. On the contrary, I believe the expectations are much more often expressed by peers and parents.