Three Ingenues
A Vignette
By Maryanne Peters

Ingenue definition: 1. a young woman who has little experience and is very trusting

I suppose that most people think of transgirls as being tough – the very opposite of an ingenue. I think that we were, but fragility and sensitivity are so much a part of being feminine – don’t you think?

It helps to be pretty, and we try very hard. It helps to be slim, and we stick to our diets. We like to say that the only fat on our bodies is that which the estrogen has added all over, to keep us soft and looking weak. We love to wear dresses with frills or soft tulle – it makes us appear lighter than air or almost supernatural as if we are nymphs or fairies, or innocent creatures of fables. We love our long hair that we have worked hard to grow and care for. Practical cuts are not for us – casual is hair down with bouncy curls, but otherwise a stylish updo, perhaps.

Because we were not born girls we want to be extra-feminine. We want to be the kind of girl that boys want to look after and protect. We don’t want to appear forward and hungry for sex even though we might not be. We want to be shy and fearful of the power of men and the pain that their organs might cause fragile little beings like us.

Some might criticize us for this approach to life, but we are three in this together and we all have the same vision of the feminine allure. It might be a little old-fashioned, but if we can all catch the right man – somebody who truly appreciates a woman who is more of a woman than most, except internally. But nymphs and fairies don’t give birth either. The whole idea is simply yuk!

We are ingenues. But remember, there are three of us. If you cross us we may need to change tack and call on some strength from the past. You would be well advised not to give us cause to do that.

The End

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© Maryanne Peters 2025

Author's Note:
Something short and light, but it asks the question about the beauty of innocence, which seems so hard for transgirls, who have to go through so much to get where they are.