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What am I good for?

Being a woman What am I good for? Ajeya Cotra Apr 17, 2026 302 37 26 Share I’m surrounded by men who seem mostly cis by default , who don’t seem to really think about their masculinity much (and maybe just don’t think much about their interiority, period?). Meanwhile, I’ve always had Big Feelings about being a woman. Aella’s how to be respected as a teen girl is perhaps the single most relatable article I’ve ever read on the internet. As a little girl I was an instinctive, fiery feminist. I grew up watching old Indian movies from the 50s and 60s. A disturbing number of them have the following

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