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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a daughter (pregnant with # 2 and don't know the gender). I love her so much, but was scared when I was told that I was having a girl because I have a horrible relationship with my mother and because I have struggled with an eating disorder and dealt with sexual harassment/assault. Boys are obviously not immune to anything that I've experienced, but the body issues and sexual harassment issues do seem to happen more to women.

I do not know what it is like to navigate the world as a boy/man, but it breaks my heart that my daughter will face scrutiny at a young age for her body from society (even now my family comments on my 12 month old's "chubby thighs" and says things like "X's daughter will be long and lean, because she's in the 15th percentile [at 6 months]..."). It's so sad that actual babies are viewed through the lens of our messed up body standards. These experiences honestly make me hope that # 2 is a boy, but I only know what it's like with a girl and my daughter is amazing. She is incredibly intelligent, curious, sweet, willful, and silly. I'm incredibly grateful to be her mom and I think that most parents must feel that way. [/quote]
You must be joking about “ messed up body standards”. Most people who view themselves as normal weight in America are actually overweight. Lastly, there are more than 40% of obese people in US and the numbers only  keep growing.[/quote]

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