If you’re an FAW woman, how many of these can you personally relate to? Click all that apply.

by Emily ·
Emotional neglect (ex. Nobody to talk to, nobody asked you questions, nobody was interested in your world or it was unsafe to bring them into your world, never having a caregiver be personable and tell you about their life and help to guide you through yours, nobody to help you process your feelings and reactions in a safe and healthy way, etc.)
% (35 votes)
Caregivers mocking affection
% (15 votes)
Caregivers rarely/never holding you
% (16 votes)
Caregivers making degrading, humiliating, babying comments towards you
% (27 votes)
Caregivers criticizing or making fun of your appearance
% (18 votes)
Caregivers criticizing or laughing at or making derogatory comments towards others (ex. Making fun of others bodies and attaching it to their worth)
% (23 votes)
Being regularly verbally abused (ex. If you left a cup on the table as a young kid, were you getting shouted at at length for being a worthless spoiled ungrateful brat that is undeserving of the things they have and people are ashamed to be seen with you/see your face)
% (28 votes)
Physical neglect (especially when it comes to things regarding body—grooming, menstrual products, deodorant, fitting clothes, a bra, etc.)
% (20 votes)
Religious upbringing/Purity Culture/abstinence only education
% (14 votes)
Being around peers that confirm the world is just like your caregivers (ex. A boy making fun of a girl to the whole school because she was a bad kisser)
% (21 votes)
Bullying/peers making fun of you or regarding you as laughable/a joke
% (34 votes)
Not having a helpful, consistent support system to make up for lack of caregiver support
% (28 votes)
I think something you haven’t listed also messed me up when it comes to this topic
% (20 votes)
None
% (1 votes)
Being put in sexually unsafe situations as a child (ex. Being forced to strip in public/in front of others, siblings/others doing sexual actions in your presence/towards you, parent encouraging incest-like behavior, etc.)
% (9 votes)
Harmful childhood exposure to porn
% (17 votes)
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