"She was an engineer, she was a dominatrix. She was a man, she was a woman. Macho and girl. All avenues were open to her, but she lacked courage. For over sixty years, my gender boundaries were blurred. Like hostile countries, constantly at war with each other.
Even as a child, I wanted to wear girls' clothes and quickly had to learn to hide my true self. The parents: hopelessly overwhelmed. In Germany's economic miracle, you had to achieve something. Children had to function. Therefore, this life story turns out to be a long, adventurous roller coaster ride. Due to a lack of enlightening information, I thought I was sick at some point.
Why was I so completely different? On the outside, there were only boys' things, hostility, abuse, sleeping pills and fear of madness. Increasingly strong doubts and depression were eventually followed by a mental breakdown, suicidal thoughts, and later even psychiatry. My path to a free life leads through shame and exclusion, but leads to self-determination. It's a story with - warning: spoilers! -Happy ending. Or what else should you call it when, after sixty-three years and a temporary career as an escort girl, Inès Adler is now developing technologies for CO2-neutral combustion engines with unbroken zest for action?"
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