For starters....what Julia said times 10.. Without your pic, I have no idea if you pass. But it doesn't matter since anyone who would deny you the respect you deserve isn't worth worrying about. In a perfect world, you hold your head high and remind them in some subtle way how their internal ugliness fits their physical manifestation, so congrats, they're mean little douchebags.
Here's reality, you have to own your womanhood.....all of it. But once you do , the clock stops ticking.
OTOH, I definitely know and feel your pain.....there's simply no easy way to be free, but it is at hand.