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That should read: “conforming.” 🙃

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“Personally, the most loving caregivers (let alone the fiercest feminists) I know tend to be cis-het men. The women in my life are a much harder, harsher, more selfish people in general. Though I do recognize that my data pool is tiny.”

Our data pools sound similar. Thanks for writing this. Walking through life as a misfit gives one a different perspective and, I think, allows one to ask questions.

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Maybe being on the Island of Misfit Toys gives one a different angle of view, and so opens up those questions that more confirming people wouldn’t think of.

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