Women and girls will feel so seen by new guidelines for their mental health
Being a girl or woman is knowing that you're full of complexities and contradictions that society helped create but discourages you from claiming or criticizing.
The doting mother secretly battles depression intensified by the expectation of "having it all" while having no support at home or from most politicians. A black woman is supposed to contain a lifetime of rage while someone casually goads her with racist comments or behavior. The transgender girl is treated like a predator in her school's bathroom and develops crushing anxiety that transphobic people then blame on her identity. Eventually, women lose count of how many times they've been gaslit into thinking their pain is their doing. Read more...
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