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I can’t tell you how many times a month I say, “I hope we never have daughters” to my boyfriend. And I’m a woman who loves women. I think women are strong, majestic, beautiful, patient, brilliant, powerful angels who should rule the earth…! I just hope to never have to raise one of those strong, majestic, beautiful, patient, brilliant, powerful angels because I know how hard the world works to bring us down, to put us down, to drag us down, and to keep us down. I know what hell young girls go through to become strong women—I went through it myself. Sometimes, I really think it’s a miracle I turned out well adjusted, sane, and with plenty of self-love. Sure—I have good parents who instilled confidence in me and gave me a stable home. But I don’t know that that’s enough in this world to keep a young girl from falling off track to becoming a great woman. Here is why having a daughter is just harder.

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Other young girls can be nasty

First of all, while strong, grown women can be some of the most compassionate people out there, little girls can be nasty. We only become compassionate because we remember the nastiness we tolerated as children but…nobody wants their daughter to go through that.

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