Girl-Proximal

 is a term for anyone who experiences are connection to girlhood or womanhood, regardless of their actual gender.

Alternate Names

 * Girlprox


 * Woman-Proximal


 * Wprox

Etymology
"Proximal" meaning near to.

Definitions

 * 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. - Ymirjotunn, 2015