#sideb's blatherings

[side-b-dysphoric]

It genuinely feels, at this point, as if the intense gender dysphoria I feel is consuming my life. I know it's temporary and every other time it has felt like this it has receded, but this time is somewhat more intense than any other time, and comes with a greatly increased temptation to do something about it which would be against God's law. I am in dangerous waters; prayers would be appreciated, as would any advice you could give.

[side-b-dysphoric]

Also: the rampant sexualisation of women and girls in the media doesn't help at all. There's definitely peer pressure to act or dress a certain way, even if one is uncomfortable with it, and to not dress that way (e.g. I'm uncomfortable wearing necklines below my collarbones for some reason) makes one feel immediately othered and even more of an alien than would be felt normally.

I also suspect that this can very well be tied into neurodivergence as well, and the perception of alienation that comes with that.

I had a thought, and since I didn't want it connected to my tumblr and remembered a post you'd written about a similar matter before, I wished to send it to you as an ask if you don't mind:

I think the rise of feminism and the loss of traditional gender roles in society is playing a big part in the trans ideology, because there's a bunch of confused young girls and women who are trying to find a place for them, and then at a vulnerable time they are hit with that ideology and it seems (if you have no reason to disbelieve it) all nice and cutesy and right, despite the fact that it's actively dangerous. Some, of course, will have felt varying levels of dysphoria from their childhood, but to validate those feelings will only make it worse, even if it appears to cure dysphoria.

(I say this as a woman who has experienced dysphoria since early teens, and who only found out about the trans ideology within the last couple of years.)

I'm not denying that it's hard at times! Just that it's clearly observable that there's an explosion of biological females identifying as anything but, and I suspect that part of it is connected to feminism.

I would love to know your opinion on the matter! God bless you.

(If you wish I am potentially willing to dm to discuss it further; not for certain, but maybe.)

Thanks for your time, and sorry this ask is a bit longer than I intended it to be!

I think it does play a big part definitely because our sex is such a basic part of our identity, when that element is thrown in a fog of confusion, its so difficult to understand ourselves and how we relate to the world around us and by blurring the lines and down playing the importance of gender roles in society we have made it to where we can't really support those that don't fit in the traditional roles. If we reduce the number of people fulfilling the roles, we end up with less support for those who can't.

We can't all just be doing our own thing and living our own truth, society will cease to function.

I think puberty is a big part also. Not only are girls uniquely set up by feminist ideas to be susceptible to it, but our reaction to our puberty is more prone to it. If the idea gets in a girls head that if she feels uncomfortable in her body, maybe she isn't a girl, and then she goes through puberty, where she feels uncomfortable in her own body because everyone does going through puberty, she can easily fall prey to it.

It sounds like being nice and fighting for people's rights, but the impact is ruining lives, especially of young women who otherwise would have grown up to have happy fulfilled lives but now they have to deal with the damage done to their minds and bodies.

I am probably wandering off of the point now, but yes, I think feminism laid the ground work for the gender and trans ideologies to take root for sure. And I think it has caused it to hit girls more than boys.

[side-b-dysphoric]

Hello. I am a Christian, Side B dysphoric woman. If you're also Side B and struggle with gender dysphoria please reach out to me via the askbox. This is a sideblog and hence I will be unable to reply via comments. I am active on my main blog and know various Side B folks so if I recognise your username I may PM you or I might not. God bless.

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#sideb's blatherings - any random rambles that I have that are related to dysphoria

#sideb's poetry - any poetry I write about my dysphoria.