Girlprox or Girl-proximal
Girl-proximal (proximal means “near to”; i use girlprox for short!) is a term made to include
women (cis and trans, just to affirm that) and
trans folks who are not necessarily women (or are not 100% women as some demigirls may ID, or are not always women as some genderfluid folks may ID, etc etc) but who experience a connection to girlhood, but not girlness.
women (group 1) experience girlness because they are girls. they will usually also experience girlhood. girlprox non-women (group 2) experience girlhood, but not girlness, because they are not women.
girlhood is a Very Large Concept and one that is difficult to pin down, because it has so many applications. here are some examples (not by any means all of them):
a connection to femininity
a connection to women, despite actual gender identity
a sense of belonging in women’s spaces (specifically in that nebulous community that i believe anyone girlprox creates just by existing near other girlprox folks)
a feminine or femme gender presentation
experience with misogyny
being assigned female at birth and holding that significant to one’s identity
holding female-assigned experiences significant to you and your life (ex: girl scouts, attending an all-girl school)
and, of course, identifying partially or sometimes or always as a woman - this is not required for girlhood, but often accompanies it.
Term coined by: ymirjotunn
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