Yeah, great points. There is nothing wrong with being "typically feminine"; there is nothing wrong with being typically tomboyish, there is nothing wrong with being a mix of both or somewhere in between. There is no one "right" way to be a woman, which should be pretty obvious, because if there was, then presumably there'd be one "right" way to be a man too, which would mean there'd only be two personalities in the world and would get pretty boring. OK, that was kind of flippant, but it is a bit silly to assume that we can divide people into two large groups and base everything on that
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I don't think it sounded flippant, just because I think there are people in the world who think we can be divided into two specific groups. And you're right - things would be pretty damn boring if everyone in the world fit into one of two molds.
*laughs* When I was in high school, I was in honors levels in every single class except for math *pokes math* Guess which classes had the most boys? My lower level math classes. Every single one of my honors classes was heavily female dominated. Given, my honors level science classes also had quite a few boys in, but there were still quite a few girls in there too.
I know lots of people who did all honours except for Maths, for the Leaving Cert. Now. this is partly because it's compulsory. Irish also has a lot of people doing ordinary level. English, however, doesn't. But there is also a lot of concern about Maths grades. It has a very high failure rate too. They are changing the Maths courses at the moment, so we'll see whether that'll make a difference
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Yeah, I pretty much raised with the idea that girls and women could do anything as well. I was so interested in some of the things my brother played with, it never really occurred to me that it was a bit out of the ordinary for me to like action figures, Legos, and video games.
We're still waiting for a woman president though :P
This was something I never really struggled with. I think it was because I looked up to my dad and older brother so much, and I got some of my interests from them. It gave me something to connect with them on (video games with my brother, science with my dad), so I never really saw them as weird things to do. They were just fun things to do with my brother and dad.
Also, my mother was very much a tomboy when she grew up, so she didn't much care when I started gravitating towards more tomboyish activities and clothes.
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*laughs* When I was in high school, I was in honors levels in every single class except for math *pokes math* Guess which classes had the most boys? My lower level math classes. Every single one of my honors classes was heavily female dominated. Given, my honors level science classes also had quite a few boys in, but there were still quite a few girls in there too.
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We're still waiting for a woman president though :P
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Also, my mother was very much a tomboy when she grew up, so she didn't much care when I started gravitating towards more tomboyish activities and clothes.
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