So something I’ve really noticed as I go further into official womanhood is how much more women (and especially trans women, because we have to) view presentation as a skill to learn vs something you’re just born with and can’t change. Obviously the social focus on women’s appearance is a huge negative in the first place, but I do think the way many women handle it is at least more positive than how cishet men would or do handle it. For example, when watching or reading fashion or makeup advice, there’s a lot more emphasis around working with what you have and making the best of it instead of just giving into defeatism like some cishet men do because they aren’t a 6’4” chisel-jawed megachad.
So something I’ve really noticed as I go further into official womanhood is how much more women (and especially trans women, because we have to) view presentation as a skill to learn vs something you’re just born with and can’t change. Obviously the social focus on women’s appearance is a huge negative in the first place, but I do think the way many women handle it is at least more positive than how cishet men would or do handle it. For example, when watching or reading fashion or makeup advice, there’s a lot more emphasis around working with what you have and making the best of it instead of just giving into defeatism like some cishet men do because they aren’t a 6’4” chisel-jawed megachad.