[ SECRET POST #2471 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2471 ⌋

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Comments

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[cloud_riven]

Since I was a kid. My dad would also watch a lot of documentaries on CBC, so I was introduced to trans* identities and concepts that resonated with me from an early age. I was also scolded for not wanting to "dress as a girl", and I particularly remember my dad angrily telling my mom while we were at a mall that they should essentially pants me in order to make sure I had "the right parts".

There was also the praying that maybe, just maybe, I was intersex. Not sure how common that sort of hoping is among kids less than 10-years old, but yeah.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[diet_poison]

Holy shit that sounds...that's...really creepy o_O

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[cloud_riven]

I don't think he ever had the intention of following through, but I hate the idea of threatening children (or public shaming) as discipline.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[diet_poison]

ITA - can't agree enough! Disciplining children doesn't have to involve an assault on their bodily autonomy. And I'm glad it never went any farther, even though it sounds horrible as it was.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[lynx]

... ouch D: That sounds sucktastic. I'm sorry you went through that.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[cloud_riven]

Yeah. That kind of noise (on top of other verbal and physical bullshit) really marks you. Like your nun, it had rather the opposite effect.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[lynx]

*Offers hugs if wanted* Believe me, I understand.

I think it depends a lot on the personality of the child, but most kids I know tend to rebel harder when that kind of stuff gets imposed onto them. You just can't expect that verbally and physically abusing a child will give them a positive psychological association with whatever you're trying to teach them.

Re: When did gender become a thing for you?

[(Anonymous)]

I was also wishing that I was intersex, so you're not alone in this.

Curiously, I was raised in an environment completely opposite to yours.