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Jan. 18th, 2017 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonesparkhttps://www.facebook.com/lasophielabelle/posts/1879552148991581
I have to say, I think many people do know how terrifying changing rooms and bathrooms can be. And hallways, too... And walking home...
It's not the same! I'm not saying that!
But a lot of cis people know what it's like to viciously bullied for something related to gender presentation. And a lot of us sort of accept or defend it as "just the way it is," or spout platitudes about being secure in yourself and unconcerned with popularity, or growing a thick skin, or waiting to grow up, or something.
It's only the way it is because people put in effort to keep it that way. We poison ourselves and we kill our friends and our children out of fear and resignation.
I have to say, I think many people do know how terrifying changing rooms and bathrooms can be. And hallways, too... And walking home...
It's not the same! I'm not saying that!
But a lot of cis people know what it's like to viciously bullied for something related to gender presentation. And a lot of us sort of accept or defend it as "just the way it is," or spout platitudes about being secure in yourself and unconcerned with popularity, or growing a thick skin, or waiting to grow up, or something.
It's only the way it is because people put in effort to keep it that way. We poison ourselves and we kill our friends and our children out of fear and resignation.
