Wickedjr89 t1_j4rrimv wrote on January 17, 2023 at 8:28 PM

I used to feel the exact same way. But at 30 I found the words to describe the gender confusion (that I had no idea was related) I had my entire life and realized i'm a nonbinary trans guy and at 31 I learned i'm autistic. Kinda explains it all to me. But of course that doesn't mean you are autistic or trans, I don't mean to imply that. Just saying I could relate to having felt that in the past, including when I was 21 (i'll be 34 next month), and what ended up being my reason as to why lol.

Granted I wouldn't say I didn't enjoy books with female protagonists, I just couldn't understand them as well. Of course now I read a variety, men, women, nonbinary.

Wickedjr89 t1_j4rs1gb wrote on January 17, 2023 at 8:31 PM

I used to be the "not like other girls" stereotype, which is not a good place to be. It's problematic. Sure, it's because I wasn't a girl and didn't have the words to say that. But now that I got that figured out I understand things a lot better and it's important to read/look at all povs and ultimately, we're all human. Whatever our gender is or isn't, we're human. We have the same emotions, the same feelings.