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I could see this being a major factor. It reminds me of wealthy white women's "hysteria" / other mental health issues of the past (ex. https://www.ribbonfarm.co
by YellOh 4y ago
I could see this being a major factor. It reminds me of wealthy white women's "hysteria" / other mental health issues of the past (ex. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2013/01/16/eternal-hypochondria-of-the-expanding-mind/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2013/01/16/eternal-hypochondria-o...). Being neither particularly oppressed nor in the most priveleged group is an interesting position, and I could see this being an important mental health factor. I don't have a strong enough sociological background to connect any shift in social position for white women to the correct time frame in the original post, but it's certainly possible.
- chasd00 4y agoI would imagine it parallels the plight of growing up a middle child. Or another analogy from The Simpsons, "but what to do with poor hugo. Too crazy for Boys Town, too much of a boy for crazy town." - Dr. Hibert
- ikr678 4y agoI read a theory that this is sort of the roots of the current anti-trans movement out of England - affluent but otherwise politically irrelevant women posting in mothers&parenting forums kind of latched on to this cause of defending their brand feminism from the existential threat of transfolk.