Emotional repression
Emotional repression is a way females try and come off as tough, badass, and charming without coming off as weak. Females who think that kindness is weakness tend to think that emotional repression is the way to go.
The girl child had now mastered emotional repression and was sure that people would quit being mean to her in her new tough, badass, and charming facade.
Emotional repression
Refusing to acknowledge negative feelings, any feelings that might make you look bad or get negative attention instead of the attention you want.
Her emotional repression was oppressive to everyone else around her.
Emotional repression
Females know males never thought they were more emotional than males, its why they often try to tease males when they get emotional about something, and females do this often. Not displaying emotions is emotional repression, whether its males doing it, or whether its females doing it. Emotional repression is why some females try to come off as tough and badass as a defense mechanism to perceived (or real) bullying, and by being defensive, they're less likely to come off as the bully themselves.
The girl made herself look badass and tried to take away any males right to notice she was a fuckin mollycoddle, and thought that males should be less emotional, and with a little emotional repression, keep them living quietly.