I started thinking about gender and how it’s an arbitrary thing if you’re born with an XX or XY chromosome, but it can determine your experience of the world. It’s about whether you are physically intimidating vs. being physically intimidated. It determines whether you are the one to take an active role in sex and society.

A lot of people characterize women as more cautious. I don’t think that’s an inappropriate characterization, but that’s not a natural thing we’re born with, it’s something that comes about.
ABIGAIL TARTTELIN

Caution Cautious Characterize Inappropriate People Thinking Women
I started thinking about gender and how it’s an arbitrary thing if you’re born with an XX or XY chromosome, but it can determine your experience of the world. It’s about whether you are physically intimidating vs. being physically intimidated. It determines whether you are the one to take an active role in sex and society.
ABIGAIL TARTTELIN

Arbitrary Chromosome Gender Intimidating Started Thinking World
It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.
ABIGAIL TARTTELIN

Accepting Ordinary Proud Something Yourself

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