Trigger warning: Navel gazing.
Ok i have previously been roasted on here for saying I don't feel very vulnerable, and told that somehow the fact i don't invalidates all the women who do. Well i read the guardian article today and this line jumped out at me
"Girls approaching adolescence are considered vulnerable and protected, while boys are set free to roam and explore. That has consequences for their behaviour and expectations throughout their life."
As i approached adolescence my mum had a nervous breakdown (messy violent divorce from my dad) and didn't know i existed as far as i could tell until i was about 16-17. So i wasn't cosseted, i wasn't protected, i left home at 8:30 in the holidays roamed the streets until dinner time. As i got older i had friends who weren't allowed on the bus to visit me whilst i was going on the train from our suburb town to London for days out.
I am just wondering if this is where the difference comes from really.
Please don't roast me again I am not mentally strong.
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PassiveAgressiveQueen · 21/09/2017 09:17
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