x Facebook shareFacebook Pinterest sharePinterest Twitter shareTwitter Feminism, Social IssuesJul 15, 2024 A Man’s World: 30 Double Standards And Expectations That Haunt Women’s Childhoods Justin Sandberg and Rugilė Žemaitytė Open list comments 31 Vote arrow up Vote arrow down 64 Open list comments 31 Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Publish Not your original work? Add source ADVERTISEMENT While, in theory, childhood is this magical carefree time, where we have a chance to just explore the world and do whatever we want, the fact is that this is just not the case for everyone. Where you were born plays a big part, as well as how much money your family happens to have, but one of the biggest differences might be growing up as a girl, as opposed to a boy. Someone asked “Women, what do you feel is the hardest part about growing up as a girl?” and female netizens shared their thoughts. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorite posts and be sure to share your own experiences in the comments section below. This post may include affiliate links. #1 We don't get to be carefree little girls for long due to so many men being goddamn predators. BillieDoc-Holiday , Pixabay Report Add photo comments POST MicrowaveGoddess MicrowaveGoddess Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The world is unnecessarily cruel to women 💔💔 Vote comment up 69 69points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu Modal close #2 Learning how to deflect unwanted sexual advances from men/relatives from the time you hit puberty. DianeDesRivieres , Farknot Report Add photo comments POST BoredPossum BoredPossum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I shouldn't have started reading this list. The world is an ugly ugly place! Vote comment up 38 38points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #3 The day you realize that little boys are treated better than you. I didn't want to be a girl when I was little. I truly hated being a girl. I didn't want to be a boy either. I didn't have gender issues. I had society issues. It took a long time to realize that me being a girl wasn't the problem. The problem was that every successful person we talked about was a man. The other was that little boys could physically assault little girls, and no one cared. The other was that girls had to play nicely and sit nicely because of our clothes. The realization that being a girl means moving through the world so differently is devastating. princessbutterball , Vlada Karpovich Report Add photo comments POST Alvia Vseobecna Alvia Vseobecna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I always shut other similarly minded adults up about these topics. They literally cannot compute what I am saying most of the time and I have to forcefully shut down the topic. This behaviour should not be tolerated. Vote comment up 20 20points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #4 Body issues… I learned to hate my body at a very young age. In my mid thirties and I’m still struggling to learn to love myself the way I am. MinuteSweet7900 , Nate Neelson Report Add photo comments POST Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report honestly all my insecurities began at home, mostly from my parents. im used to it now, and i don't take in other people's comments as much, or i know how to respond in a way that'll help me stay calm, if that makes sense. also now i have some of the best friends ever who help me stay confident and they are all rlly fun too :D ive come to realise the reason i was so shy before was bc i was insecure and didn't want to be judged, but later i became much more extroverted lol. also im more open abt my problems now. as a teen, i personally feel life is easier now than it used to be when i was younger. 💁🏾♀️ Vote comment up 24 24points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT #5 EARLY SEXUALISATION / HARASSMENT -> lifelong trauma and damage. PARENTIFICATION which stunts childs natural development (for example in case of younger siblings girls are required to look after them). WASTED POTENTIAL (not enough spaces to nourish girls talents in science maths chess and IT).Edit: oh and a f*****g bonus point if you are a girl growing up in a religious family..Constantly being told your purpose in life is to birth children and be a good wife. 🤮🤮🤮. ElderberryHoney , Janko Ferlic Report Add photo comments POST Pyla Pyla Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report AAUW did studies on this and it bears out, puberty for females is a hallmark of the patriarchy changing the focus from their minds to their bodies. It's beyond disgusting. Worse with all the pron addicts, men's threshold for sexualizing women has increased. Vote comment up 30 30points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #6 The constant mixed signals like the speech in Barbie. Be yourself but not if you’re too loud or girly or not girly or like sex but don’t like it too much. Be smart but able to be dumb at a moment’s notice. Have an opinion but not THAT opinion. Like your body but don’t say it out loud. Always criticize yourself out loud but not just for attention. Be successful but acknowledge all the other people who helped you even if they didn’t. Are you eating that? Again? And that much? Why aren’t you eating? Don’t cry. Cry but only when someone else thinks it’s valid. God you’re a cold b***h don’t you have any emotions? Know everything all the time but don’t let anyone else know that you know. God you’re such a follower. God you’re too independent you know that? I could go on and on and on. It’s exhausting. Far-Stretch9606 Report Add photo comments POST Marianne Marianne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I loved that speech! I think most women can relate to that double standard. Vote comment up 36 36points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT #7 The fear / reality of sexual assault. Oh and periods. Murky-Cash6914 , Engin Akyurt Report Add photo comments POST Lil Miss Hobbit Lil Miss Hobbit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Not walking after dark. Carrying pepper spray from my job to my car. Never going to the bathroom alone. Vote comment up 33 33points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #8 My father once said to me “if you didn’t want to cook and clean, then you shouldn’t have chosen to be born a girl.”My mistake. . GChan129 , Gelmis Bartulis Report Add photo comments POST Savahax Savahax Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Wat. 🤨 Vote comment up 33 33points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT #9 Expectation of having children.I hate feeling like I am worth less because I do not want to put my body and mind through a pregnancy. sexysmultron , Pavel Danilyuk Report Add photo comments POST Marianne Marianne Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I love being a mother. However, I can't wrap my head around the idea that everyone should want to be a parent. It's a personal choice and I really think that every child deserves to be truly wanted. Vote comment up 42 42points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #10 That women can be their own worst enemy and drag down girls and young women with them. Like supporting/voting for misogynists. Edited to fix a missing word. UsualAnybody1807 Report Add photo comments POST Tree P Tree P Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I am hoping the women of the US can get their s**t together and vote against the orange Chump. If they think things are bad now, wait until( hopefully not) the dictator gets back in. Ready to relive the 1800s? No? Then don't vote Republican ladies!!! Vote comment up 55 55points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #11 I'll second sexual harassment, catcalling, and body issues from a very young age and add not being able to display your emotions and still be taken seriously. I hear so much from men saying that boys aren't able to express their emotions, and while this is true to some extent (the patriarchy hurts everyone!), they can express anger and have it be taken seriously. For women, it's immediately dismissed as hormonal/PMS/stereotypes (e.g., "angry Black woman"). If we express sadness, see above. If we express a legitimate concern (especially medical), it's dismissed as "anxiety". Women/girls aren't allowed to express emotions without societal repercussions any more than men/boys are, it just looks different for us (and can have more disastrous consequences, esp. medical). Serkonan_Plantain Report Add photo comments POST Michael Largey Michael Largey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Catcalling. Guys, it's simple. Don't say anything to a woman on the street that you wouldn't want a man to say to you in prison. Vote comment up 66 66points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT #12 Being sl*tshamed and harrrased, always having to take care of others and being the bigger person, being told you purpose in life is giving birth. Top_Career_1962 , Alex Green Report Add photo comments POST Lauren Caswell Lauren Caswell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report We are sl*ts or frigid, it seems. Especially true when we are under 30, though it never ends its just more targeted as we aren't as ready to protect ourselves at that age. Vote comment up 37 37points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #13 Being constantly dismissed and therefore denied adequate help, compensation, etc. Prestigious_Fly2392 , Ron Lach Report Add photo comments POST Kerensa Scott Kerensa Scott Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report most female medical problems being under researched and dismissed by the medical community. having to fight just to be heard Vote comment up 26 26points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #14 Being expected to be "polite" to everyone - take s**t from everyone, have low standards, accept manchildren as your partner, try to "see the best" in people who wrong you, people please.Being sexualised from infancy.Being treated like an infant in adulthood. DinosaurInAPartyHat Report Add photo comments POST KillerKiwi KillerKiwi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Being expected to be polite to everyone but then men think that just because you’re polite to them you’re obviously attracted to them. 🙄 Vote comment up 6 6points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #15 Worrying about body image from quite a young age. Am I fat? Am I too fat? Am I fit enough? Am I too muscley? Am I too skinny now? Am I skinny enough? Endless. . Redgrapefruitrage , cottonbro studio Report Add photo comments POST Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report also: should i eat less, am i eating too much? Vote comment up 14 14points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT #16 Sexual harassment and occasional assault from heterosexual men. Autodidact2 , RDNE Stock project Report Add photo comments POST Alvia Vseobecna Alvia Vseobecna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I had some very bad experiences... until I learned how to defend myself. Vote comment up 16 16points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #17 As a girl: Being thrown into a world made and designed for men with no one to help contextualize this properly so I understand better why I'm not actually a huge failure at what I choose to undertake.As a teenager: being taught everything that is dangerous about sex (unwanted pregnancy, STDs...), but not about how to be comfortable with my own sexuality, or how pleasurable sex can be for women, how important it is, and how to achieve this - would have helped me so much more growing up So far for my entire life: Periods. Seriously. Inconvenient. Uncomfortable. Painful. Sometimes can lead to major embarrassment. Can put a damper on: events, vacations, sometimes I even have to adapt what I wear based on the day and flow... F**k tampon commercials trying to make anyone believe women need to live through this by dancing around in a white dress feeling pure bliss. laureguilbert Report Add photo comments POST Kerensa Scott Kerensa Scott Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report only being able to fit into certain clothes because of severe pain and bloating :( Vote comment up 14 14points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT See Also on Bored Panda Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?” Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women #18 Being underestimated and questioned while men are seen for potential; I had this incredible self confidence as a kid that was crushed in my teen years that I’ve worked my whole life to find back. Fit_Try_2657 , Liza Summer Report Add photo comments POST Susie Elle Susie Elle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Same Vote comment up 11 11points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #19 For me it was mostly seeing how there were different rules for me than for my brothers, especially in terms of freedom.Edit to say: I'm kind of baffled with all these replies and grateful to say that my wonderful parents raised me as the tomboy that I was with (almost) no complaints. My comment was addressed at things like going out alone or being out after dark. . Sipyloidea , Annie Spratt Report Add photo comments POST Lil Miss Hobbit Lil Miss Hobbit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I grew up fairly conservative and my parents worked so hard to made things fair for both their boys and girls. They decided that "If we want to protect the girls by having them in non-revealing swimwear in public, then we're not going to have the boys shirtless." That has always made sense to me. No double standard. If the boys were shirtless, we got bikinis. And if we didn't get bikinis, than the boys were modest too. And yes, this was only when we were young and directly under their care (pre-teen, young teens). Vote comment up 16 16points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #20 The body shaming started really early for me. I was called fat by everyone from my classmates to my father to my medical providers, then I slimmed down but my breasts grew big and fast so I was mocked for that; my mom started insinuating I was a s**t by the age of about 12. I didn’t even lose my virginity until I was almost 20 because I thought I was a big ugly monster. It took me so, so long to unpack the trauma of growing up in the early/mid 2000s. Now I’m 34 and just dipping my toes in the water of intentional weight loss after decades of not being able to do it without spiraling into an eating disorder, because I’m edging on high blood pressure and want to be able to go hiking w my friends without being a drag. Don’t get me started on navigating the minefield of dating hetero men. ladderofearth , dasha11 Report Add photo comments POST Susie Elle Susie Elle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The 90's and the 00's were a toxic couple of decades. Just yesterday I was remembering how during soccer tournaments (the european championships just ended) they would fill the commercialbreaks with the "World Championships Lingerie", where, and I s**t you not, it would be just 15 minutes of pretty women in their underwear trying to shoot penalties. It was ... I can't even describe it. Everything about that era (and before that time as well), was about men, and women's appearance. Vote comment up 18 18points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT See Also on Bored Panda Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics) “Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way #21 Finding out what kind of p*rn men like. That our pleasure doesnt matter. That many men m**turbate to women/girls suffering. kielo0 , cottonbro studio Report Add photo comments POST Nimitz Nimitz Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report This is something that weirded me out. Back when I still thought I was straight I remember buddies sharing porn. It really baffled and kinda frightened me how many of them really, really liked porn where the woman was being degraded. No one controls what kinks they end up with, but seriously, wtf guys? Vote comment up 23 23points Vote comment down reply View more commentsArrow down menu #22 The patriarchy. Sexism, misogyny, double-standards, assault, predatory men, etc etc etc. FlartyMcFlarstein , Sofia Alejandra Report Add photo comments POST Anna Drever Anna Drever Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report A comment for ByeFelcia since they’re downvoted and I can’t directly reply… maybe listen to what women are saying instead of just dismissing them. If everything men do gives them the ick then maybe do better. Vote comment up 9 9points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #23 The relentless sexism that puts a clamp on your life and infects everything. Kip_Schtum , Karolina Kaboompics Report Add photo comments POST #24 Abuse. You pick the type. LoveIsALosingGame555 Report Add photo comments POST Littlemiss Littlemiss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report According to my family the abuse didn't count because I was a girl. Sexual abuse, must have asked for it. Physical abuse, you deserve it because you're too sensitive. Verbal abuse, mental and emotional abuse.... the list goes on. That was just my family. Vote comment up 15 15points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #25 I was lucky and didn’t have a lot of the terrible experiences that girls and women have, but for me it was the double standard. My brother can do no wrong and he was able to do more because he was a boy and “it’s different for girls”. lifeofblair Report Add photo comments POST VikingAbroad VikingAbroad Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report And girls being taught to make rooms for the boys. 'they are later developed than girls. Bear with them.' why not teach the boys to actually look up to smart girls? Vote comment up 32 32points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT See Also on Bored Panda 50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics #26 The tragedy of womanhood. As a child you believe you have an inate worth as a person, equal to everyone else. And then the slow horror creeps in through the years as it dawns on you that society does not value you as a person and your only worth is in your body and how you can benefit the men around you. DarthMelonLord Report Add photo comments POST #27 Requirements and judgement.My mistakes are taken more aggressively and poorly than dudes. No-Alternative-2382 , Anna Shvets Report Add photo comments POST ByeFelicia ByeFelicia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report This one goes both ways. Vote comment up -7 -7points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #28 The never ending judgment and instance on compliance. I'm a women bringing up girls, it would be so very easy to teach them to be submissive and compliant but f**k easy. My girls rebel, they will push gender norms, they won't just accept "you need to..." , they are their own people, they may fall down but I'll pick them up,they will want to comply and fit in and I'll support them to be themselves. Bringing up girls harder than being one. mycatiscalledFrodo Report Add photo comments POST Dainty72 Dainty72 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I raised three daughters alone. Hard work, but I have three beautiful daughters who are all working, happy, individual and independent! I couldn't ask for more. Love those girls!!! Vote comment up 10 10points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu ADVERTISEMENT See Also on Bored Panda “Everyone Went Dead Silent”: Family Dinner Ends In Tears After Woman Announces 7th Pregnancy Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out #29 Being out late at night (the double standard is extremely icky) and feeling unsafe. Being told that you shouldn't travel alone... tLeai Report Add photo comments POST Alvia Vseobecna Alvia Vseobecna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I understand the frustration.. but unfortunatelly it is necessary Vote comment up 11 11points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu #30 Wondering what do with your f**kability. On the one hand, you learn early on that f**kability = money, power, influence (M P I). On the other hand, you learn that achieving M P I through f**kability is somehow more vulgar than every other way people get money, power and influence. Being a wage-stealing s**tbag, just barely to the right side of a plantation owner = WOOHOO!, Elect that man to be the president and invite him to speak at Harvard's graduation!!! Be a millionaire sex worker, and it's "eww... she so stupid and all she did was a sex tape." Mmm kay. The same mother who shames you for getting fat and "unf**kable" in her eyes is the same one that will shame you for expressing any form of your sexuality. Am I supposed to f**kable or not? Am I supposed to want to be f**kable or not? Am I supposed to use f**kability as a means to M P I or not? Am I supposed to have a say in my f**kability at all? What if I don't give a flying rat's a*s about my f**kability? Getting older makes some of the answers more clear but not always. BigDoggehDog , cottonbro studio Report Add photo comments POST Libstak Libstak Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The language and tone toward sexuality here is disturbing. I think therapy is needed. I have never based anything in my life on being fu.k.able it's crazy. Vote comment up 9 9points Vote comment down reply View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. ADVERTISEMENT See Also on Bored Panda Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk Ic_puzzle Games View all games Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Modal close Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Modal close Modal close Upload from computerUpload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Twitter Render conversation Use html version Generate not embedded version Add watermark Instagram Show Image Only Hide Caption Crop Add watermark Facebook Show Image Only Add watermark Change Source Title Update Add Image Women, what do you feel is the hardest part about growing up as a girl? Add photo comments POST Michael Largey Michael Largey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Another double standard - a man's "No" and a woman's "No" are not treated equally. And this is true even outside of sexual invitation. Vote comment up 22 22points Vote comment down reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report For me the worst part was my father. He saw all girls and women as sex objects, including his own daughter. To the point that he basically forced me to pretend to be male just so he wouldn't molest me nightly. (It's complicated; I was born intersex, and my body was entirely capable of being made either male or female as it started out a unique mix of both. Never did I identify with the male part of that divide, but with a father like that, it was the safest choice. Thankfully he's long gone from my life and I can actually live as the woman I am instead of the man he wanted me to play at being.) Vote comment up 17 17points Vote comment down reply LB LB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm so glad you are free now, Sky. May you receive lots of blessings and good vibes! Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... similarly similarly Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm glad things are better for you now, Sky. I'm sorry you had such a bad childhood. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply BrunoVI BrunoVI Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report This may be a REALLY stupid question, but as an old geezer (well, Gen Xer), this got my curiosity up. Please feel free to disregard; your life struggles do NOT need to satisfy my curiosities, but sometimes people WANT to share. Did doctors not assign a gender? Did you grow up understanding your unusual condition? Or did you just always think you were a male until stuff got interesting at the doctor's office? Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I was born in 1981, when the twisted philosophy of John Money was dominant. My birth certificate says M, and they put a skin graft over my female genitals to hide them. I was only told at age 9 what I am, by my mother, and only after years of having very obviously presented female with no interest in presenting male. And she told me that I "could never tell anyone about this". That's kind of the reality that intersex people face even today. I was lucky that at least one of my parents understood. Vote comment up 6 6points Vote comment down reply BrunoVI BrunoVI Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report OMG! A skin graft??? That's INSANE! I'm not saying I'm right when I tell you the following notion, but just so you know where I'm coming FROM: the part that I have so much trouble with some of this whole cis/trans stuff is where people are mutilating their bodies because nature doesn't align with their notion of who they were meant to be. But mutilating private areas to conform with false preconceptions? That's an atrocity! Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Zedrapazia Zedrapazia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It's a shame how many people on this list suffer from body image issues and the inability to voice their own opinions comfortably. We really gotta step up as a society and stop objectifying people, it's been overdue since ever and nobody benefits from it. Not even the men, who get driven into all sorts of different toxic stereotypes. Vote comment up 13 13points Vote comment down reply Jill Rhodry Jill Rhodry Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The overriding theme I noticed was sexual assault and predation. Vote comment up 14 14points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... KillerKiwi KillerKiwi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Yeah that’s an overriding theme irl Vote comment up 4 4points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments POST Michael Largey Michael Largey Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Another double standard - a man's "No" and a woman's "No" are not treated equally. And this is true even outside of sexual invitation. Vote comment up 22 22points Vote comment down reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report For me the worst part was my father. He saw all girls and women as sex objects, including his own daughter. To the point that he basically forced me to pretend to be male just so he wouldn't molest me nightly. (It's complicated; I was born intersex, and my body was entirely capable of being made either male or female as it started out a unique mix of both. Never did I identify with the male part of that divide, but with a father like that, it was the safest choice. Thankfully he's long gone from my life and I can actually live as the woman I am instead of the man he wanted me to play at being.) Vote comment up 17 17points Vote comment down reply LB LB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm so glad you are free now, Sky. May you receive lots of blessings and good vibes! Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... similarly similarly Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I'm glad things are better for you now, Sky. I'm sorry you had such a bad childhood. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply BrunoVI BrunoVI Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report This may be a REALLY stupid question, but as an old geezer (well, Gen Xer), this got my curiosity up. Please feel free to disregard; your life struggles do NOT need to satisfy my curiosities, but sometimes people WANT to share. Did doctors not assign a gender? Did you grow up understanding your unusual condition? Or did you just always think you were a male until stuff got interesting at the doctor's office? Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I was born in 1981, when the twisted philosophy of John Money was dominant. My birth certificate says M, and they put a skin graft over my female genitals to hide them. I was only told at age 9 what I am, by my mother, and only after years of having very obviously presented female with no interest in presenting male. And she told me that I "could never tell anyone about this". That's kind of the reality that intersex people face even today. I was lucky that at least one of my parents understood. Vote comment up 6 6points Vote comment down reply BrunoVI BrunoVI Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report OMG! A skin graft??? That's INSANE! I'm not saying I'm right when I tell you the following notion, but just so you know where I'm coming FROM: the part that I have so much trouble with some of this whole cis/trans stuff is where people are mutilating their bodies because nature doesn't align with their notion of who they were meant to be. But mutilating private areas to conform with false preconceptions? That's an atrocity! Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Zedrapazia Zedrapazia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report It's a shame how many people on this list suffer from body image issues and the inability to voice their own opinions comfortably. We really gotta step up as a society and stop objectifying people, it's been overdue since ever and nobody benefits from it. Not even the men, who get driven into all sorts of different toxic stereotypes. Vote comment up 13 13points Vote comment down reply Jill Rhodry Jill Rhodry Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The overriding theme I noticed was sexual assault and predation. Vote comment up 14 14points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... KillerKiwi KillerKiwi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Yeah that’s an overriding theme irl Vote comment up 4 4points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments Back to Homepage More about Social Issues Homepage Trending Social Issues Arrow point to left Homepage Next in Social Issues Arrow point to right Related on Bored Panda
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