As the E! eight-part docudrama I Am Cait rounds the corner to its sixth episode, we find Caitlyn Jenner beginning to explore what kind of relationship she would like to have. In a preview clip for this Sunday's installment, she tells her friend Jennifer Finney Boylan that she's looking for a "normal relationship."
"It would be very attractive to me to have a guy treat me like a woman," Jenner says. Boylan, the best-selling author of She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders and an activist who was the first openly transgender co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors, questions Jenner on what she means when she uses the word normal.
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"Like any other woman on the street, and not make it this big trans thing... Just a normal relationship," Jenner explains.
"You know what? Caitlyn Jenner, you are a normal woman. Right now, today," Boylan replies. "You don't need a man to make you a woman. A woman can make you a woman. Something that women do, we look to men to give us self-worth... Now that you're in the sisterhood — you have gone to such trouble to become a woman: Don't be a stupid one. Be a smart one."
The harsh but empowering advice comes as Jenner tries to negotiate her way through life as a transgender woman, facing the struggles of self-acceptance that all women face. We don't need a man or a woman to validate us, we just need self-confidence! Thank goodness Jenner has Boylan by her side to remind her of that, like a great friend should. Watch the preview over on E!