It was all electrolysis back in the day and I needed that as they made me go through first puberty. Thankfully due to PAIS it didn't take forever but it still isn't a good memory even though the beautician who did my work was a real sweetheart.
What _sabotabby_ says is so true. There was (still is) always so much pressure to conform- 'you can't want to be a woman'(want to be? I already was) if you don't wear skirts/makeup/jewellery/long hair/heels' etc etc and always this pressure came from men.
I'm sure you can imagine the shock of realisation at fifteen when I came to see what was 'expected'.
I still do four out of those five things when the mood is upon me. Can you guess which one is a no no? :o)
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Date: 2022-08-26 09:20 am (UTC)It was all electrolysis back in the day and I needed that as they made me go through first puberty. Thankfully due to PAIS it didn't take forever but it still isn't a good memory even though the beautician who did my work was a real sweetheart.
What _sabotabby_ says is so true. There was (still is) always so much pressure to conform- 'you can't want to be a woman'(want to be? I already was) if you don't wear skirts/makeup/jewellery/long hair/heels' etc etc and always this pressure came from men.
I'm sure you can imagine the shock of realisation at fifteen when I came to see what was 'expected'.
I still do four out of those five things when the mood is upon me. Can you guess which one is a no no? :o)