This happened to me when I was 12.

I had just gotten my braces off and the dentist was getting rid of the glue on my teeth.

After he was done he said “I shaved down your canines while I had the grinder out to make them look more feminine” I asked what he meant and he lifted up a mirror, I had fairly sharp canines growing up that I really liked and he had shaved off a good amount and made them rounded instead of sharp.

He said that boys would like me more and that he had made me more feminine and pretty. He didn’t ask me about it, he just did it. Forever altered my teeth without my consent because I was a female.

I went home and cried, I didn’t know how to tell my parents so I didn’t until much later and it was way too long after to do anything about it, I was 12 so I don’t blame myself, but I do wish I had stood up for myself.

I’m still pretty upset about this 10+ years later because it just shows how girls get treated sometimes and the lack of bodily autonomy I was given.

I hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else.