Originally Posted by
essnce629
I would agree with this and so would 18 year old DS1. So many of the girls from his elementary and middle school have come out as lesbian, bi, or trans but none of the boys. DS says it's more "acceptable" with the girls, not so much with the boys, who he thinks would be more likely to be made fun of. My best friend has a 14 year old DD and she said all her DDs friends have proclaimed that they are lesbian or bi. I've wondered if sometimes it's a coping mechanism to deal with unwanted attention from boys? Like if you proclaim you're lesbian at 13 years old, you no longer have to deal with boys in your class asking you out, etc? Puberty is such a rough time and perhaps in some ways proclaiming you're lesbian makes it easier to navigate by taking boys off the table?
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I could definitely see this being the case and especially for girls who are developing earlier or for whose development is very pronounced. In college, one of my roommates actually strapped her breasts down with some sort of bandages and said she had always done this because her breasts grew so big so early and she was very self conscious. She said boys would make jokes about her all the time. Imagine being able to avoid all of that by saying your are a lesbian- sorry boys, I’m not interested. That could be very empowering.
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