Autistic : learned femininity
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I had so many factors working against my natural femininity that it's become clear to me how my story panned out. My parents were hoping for a boy. After they had my 2 older sisters, they imagined that I would be the boy they wanted. My dad had even proudly chosen my name. I believe that my being born a girl was utter disappointment for them. I have recently come across a number of people who have experienced similar gender stories and have ended up experiencing gender dysphoria and / or body dysmorphia. The truth is that I WAS hurt. Every single time that my parents reminded me, or reminded others by repeating the same story to me, to friends, to relatives. It made me feel insecure, wrong, a disappointment. That somehow I wasn't really a girl. It stuck with me throughout my life, and it did some real psychological damage. As a person with Autism, I am a very literal thinker. If someone told me I was meant to be a boy, that's exactly how I understood it. I developed a fear ...