I’ve been starting to notice recently that I’ve most likely had gender envy at some point(s) in my past.

I guess the big question is, have you had any particularly notable instances of gender envy, or your first noticeable insurance of gender envy?

LFG!

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    3 months ago

    I was envious of girls’ handwriting in elementary school. Also their faces looked so much better, I want.

    • Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      3 months ago

      Damn! At some point in being more comfortable with digital formats, I quit trying and now am self conscious about handwriting 😅

    • BeaverM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      Right! I felt the same with them having longer hair.

    • Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      3 months ago

      I’ve heard stuff like that a lot, but don’t know if I really understand the idea of “I like them, but in a gay way” in an egg context. Is it a thing you can describe?

      • zea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        3 months ago

        It wasn’t in a gay way (though there’s that too), it was more envy but which I didn’t know was envy.

  • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    3 months ago

    When I was a kid, my family took a trip to Universal Studios. During one of the tours, there was a girl in a princess Jasmine costume. The moment I saw her I knew I wanted to wear that outfit. I told my grandma and the girl and they both didn’t get it.

  • OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    3 months ago

    I was incredibly fascinated by periods, later realized that it was my trying to experience that through their stories (would still love to experience periods with all the good and bad)

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 months ago

      There can be noticeable monthly cycles on HRT. No blood and no kids, but the rest of the experience is there. I mostly notice changes in mood and libido, but some transfems get debilitating cramps yay

  • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    My guy friend had his long hair braided to look very fem. I took pictures on a digital camera and would look at them, frustrated. Why the fuck did he get to be so cute? I was boyish and boring and gross, so I could obviously never look like that myself. Still, it did seem to be a better state of existence. I never understood why he cut his hair a few years later. Why wouldn’t you want to look like a girl? 😞