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ECHOES said:
I think I rejected my femininity as part of rejecting my mother who was rejecting.

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Echoes, this is interesting-- I think I embraced my femininity (or what I perceive to be feminine to me) because my mother did not (and does not) care for herself. She wears old clothes, doesn't care about hygiene, hair, or anything like that-- has totally let herself go. Me, I can't leave the house without makeup and fun/funky/cute/nice outfit. I did the opposite thing of "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I got the hell away from that tree as fast and as far as I could.