If I had known when I was a child or teen, how vulnerable and fearful #girls and #women felt around #boys and #men, my attitudes, focus, and behavior would have been very different as an adult.
Color image of a sign located on the wall of a beachside cafe on Edisto Beach, Edisto Island, South Carolina, USA. Sign shows a graphic image of a simple female figure knocking off the head of a simple male figure with the words "GIRLS RULE" under the graphic.
"The lack of average differences between the performance of boys and girls at the beginning of the first year suggests that the causes lie in the environment children experience once they start school, rather than innate differences in interest or ability"
A huge French study shows girls start to fall behind after just 4 months in school
Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.
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Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the state’s federal funding.
You are an Italian teen girl, growing up soon after WW2, and know nothing beyond your small neighborhood and the prescribed tiny circle of education and life options for girls; luckily, your best friend cares nothing for all of that, though her options become even more limited than yours.