βI just need to learn how to seem more normal and theyβll leave me alone,β she thought, lacking any ability to understand why the boys they said were her peers seemed to hate her from the moment they met her
Patriarchal society teaches boys to hate girls and believe it or not being a girl involuntarily sorted into boys spaces can very often mean being seen as an acceptable (and even deserving) target for that prejudice
βHello yes the boys you keep forcing me to be around keep attacking me on sight and the girls I find myself relating to and drifting towards have already learned that βboysβ are dangerous, which I donβt disagree with, but as a result theyβre keeping their distance out of fear that Iβm the exact sort of predator Iβm trying to find refuge from, may I have some basic human kindness and connection, please?β
βThatβs extremely selfish of you have you considered that maybe you deserve to be abused?β
βI had not! Iβll just internalize that now since itβs the only consistent message that anyone is sendingβ




















