So many "I was born too late" takes are actually "I was born poor" like I'm sure you WOULD have loved whatever historical quirk you're talking about, but sadly you would not have been allowed to do that. You would have died in a coal mine aged 13.
Being afab will not protect you from dying young in a coal mine. They put wee lassies down there all the time and sometimes they died, just as the boys did. Your understanding of historical gender roles is filtered through the gender roles of the mid 20th century. Yes you would also have faced other gender based violence on top of this probably, but that doesn't make you exempt from death via coal mine.
Also thank you to every single person of colour in the notes pointing out how white the take I'm critiquing is. You are 100% right.
Also whatever historical aesthetic thing you feel longing for... Is probably more accessible now than it was then. Basically everything is more accessible now than it was in the past. You just have to not be a coward. The only thing that's not more accessible today than in any other century is bigotry and dying young of preventable illnesses, and The Right is working hard to bring those back too.
Source: I wear mostly black linen, routinely wear cloaks, carry a bunch of bags on my waist and legs that make me look like some kind of fantasy rogue, I open carry a six inch dagger at all times, I practice knife throwing and archery, I make my own perfume, I forage for wild herbs, grow my own vegetables, I make bread, I hosted a Victorian tea party last month, I practice ancient Hellenic paganism, I technically count as a seer, I use blood magic, I can ride a horse, my house is decorated with animal skulls and magical iconography. You get the idea.
Just do the thing. Follow your passions. Even if it's weird. Almost all of these things are cheaper and easier than they were at any time in the past. Nothing is stopping you from building your home around your cottage core aesthetic, or dressing like a Medieval noble, but you probably couldn't have done those things at any time in the past.
