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fellow AFABs, were you punished for crying as a child? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by the_itsb@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Sorry for the bummer question!

saw something that mentioned this being an AMAB-thing, but it definitely happened to me as well, and it just made me wonder how unusual it was to be punished (physically or otherwise) for crying as a girl

you can just yes/no, you don't need to get into it unless you want to

(feel free to unload, probably I'm not the only person who will relate)

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago

Yes, absolutely.

I think a lot of AMABs mistake being expected to cry as the same thing as it being accepted. You were expected to cry as a girl, but you were also treated like a "silly over emotional female" for it.

I definitely got told to toughen up as a kid