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Introduction

Welcome & How to Use the Workbook

Hopes & Dreams

Congratulations, It's a...

Girl Toys vs. Boy Toys

Socializing Agents

Binary Thinking

Time Out for Terminology

Locating Ourselves

Let's Play A Game

Let's Play Dress Up

Gender Binary vs. Gender Tapestry

Gender Neutral Parenting (Part 1)

Femmephobia

Looking Closer at Toxic Masculinity

Let's Think About Femininity

Feminine Stereotypes

Locating Our Beliefs

Situating Our Beliefs

Rules About Femininity

Femmephobia on the Playground

Tomboys, Girly Girls..

I'm Not Like Other Girls

Killing Barbie

Femmephobia & Sports

Femmephobia in the Media

Femmephobia in the Family

What Feminine Part of Yourself...

Benefits of Femininity?

When Blue is Neutral

Gender Neutral Parenting (Part 2)

Femme-Conscious Parenting

When Femininity Feels Impractical

The Hidden Message

Practicing Femme-Conscious Parenting

Stopping Femmephobia

Imagining Femme-Positive Futures

Evaluation Survey

Glossary

Final Thoughts 1

Q1: What has shifted for you?

I came into this workbook thinking femmephobia was something that happened to other people. I leave it understanding it's in the air I breathe, the jokes I've laughed at, the ways I've shrunk myself. That's a big shift.

Q2: What new questions are emerging?

What other biases are this invisible to me? If femmephobia was so embedded and so normalized, what else am I carrying that I haven't examined?

Q3: One thing you'll do differently

I'm going to start noticing and naming the feminine things I value — in myself, in my kids, out loud. I've been quiet about these things for too long.

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