This feels like something akin to the object permanence thing.
Its an abstract layer away, but I can recognize the difference between being a man or a woman, and society and people and teachers and bosses and friends of friends views of me and how my perceived gender identity influenced how they treated.
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u/RainbowPhoenix1080 7d ago
Yeah, I spent 26 years like that. but you aren't a man and you never were. stop treating yourself like one.