Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone:

☮ As always with the AVCAD, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level.

☮ Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with the issues being discussed, is welcome to post. If you identify as cis-male, we ask that you please set your participation to “lurk” mode, unless otherwise explicitly invited to participate further (i.e. if we did an AMA kind of thread). I’m sure there’s plenty to be gleaned just by reading!

☮ Please do your best to be mindful of others’ experiences when commenting or posing questions for the group. The female identity is Legion and contains multitudes, and not everyone who has experience with being treated as female by society identifies as female. Furthermore, racial and ethnic identities, sexual orientation, and many other factors can color how one experiences their gender identity on a day-to-day basis. 

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Today’s suggested discussion topic: Stereotypes.

There are a lot of stereotypes surrounding women that we know straight up are bunk. That we’re weak and helpless (menstrual cramps can be as painful as a heart attack) that we’re bad at math (we’re harder on ourselves for failing), that we’re bad drivers (statistics say otherwise). But we’re all human beings, and like all humans we’re a mix and no one stereotype describes us all. So how do you fit in to typical female stereotypes? Which ones do you totally shatter? Are there any stereotypes you push back on with friends and family? Any new ones you wish would form?