From men who can’t cry to the women who think they shouldn’t. From exclusionist feminists to ‘alt-right’ young men. From little girls who think they can’t be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. Gender isn’t just screwing over trans people, it’s messing with everyone. And two years ago, as Juno Dawson went to tell her mother she was (and actually, always had been) a woman, she started to realise just how wrong we’ve been getting it. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are. ‘It’s a boy!’ or ‘It’s a girl!’ are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. ‘Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!’ Rebecca Root, star of Boy Meets Girl *WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017*
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