The ways we are taught to be a girl start when you are very… - Roxane Gay

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The ways we are taught to be a girl start when you are very young. When you are being taught, you don't know about the points. When you are being taught to be a girl, the lessons are simply accepted-the price you pay for your curves, your holes. It's only later, when you are older, after you've been taught, that you find out about the score sheet.

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Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator.

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