That makes sense. I was largely a tomboy myself. And yeah, you're right, no one ever thought it meant "oh, I'm a boy" just because maybe you don't wear makeup or fuss with your hair, and like playing sports or whatever.
I wouldn't play with dolls as a child; they were boring. I preferred trucks and Legos. I climbed trees and caught frogs with my bare hands. I'm also really good at math, and when all the other girls started wearing makeup I thought it was a stupid waste of time.
Fortunately, it was the '80s, so no one cornered my parents and threatened to call CPS if they didn't transition me to a boy. I still think makeup is mostly a waste of time and money. But I would MUCH rather be a woman than any alternative. I love jewelry. I spend too much on handbags, and don't even get me started on shoes! I have long hair, which I love to curl, and a closet full of dresses.
Most importantly, though, I'm teaching my daughter that not only is it possible to be an engineer who wears pink dresses and is attracted to shiny things, but it's darned fun, too!
Good for you. And you're right to point out - with gratitude - that back then we didn't have pharma ready to juice you full of life altering hormones and anti-depressants, etc.
So glad to hear somebody else thought playing with dolls was boring. I was growing up in the 50s. Much harder then to want to play with scrap lumber and pound nails, trying to build something, and nobody to teach you how bec it was a boy thing. I used to dress my old cat up in doll clothes and push him around in a stroller. LOL. I thought makeup went out in the 60s when we all burned our bras. Barbers went out of business in the 70s. And in the 80s imagine my shock to find out people made a living planning weddings. I thought weddings went out of style the 70s. My how things change. But we never had girls wanting to be boys for real. Things changed around 1975 when all the psychiatrists/psychologists got together and changed the rules and made homosexuality no longer a mental disorder. Everything crazy happening now can be traced back to that as the start of it all.
Srsly, though, I work in a male-dominated field. I haven't worked anywhere that's majority female since high school, and I don't want to. I'm sure I would hate it.
Although I find that if you buy quality in a style you like, without worrying about today's fashion, 3-4 years into the future you're classicly retro fashion and everybody's jealous, and you don't need to change.
That makes sense. I was largely a tomboy myself. And yeah, you're right, no one ever thought it meant "oh, I'm a boy" just because maybe you don't wear makeup or fuss with your hair, and like playing sports or whatever.
I wouldn't play with dolls as a child; they were boring. I preferred trucks and Legos. I climbed trees and caught frogs with my bare hands. I'm also really good at math, and when all the other girls started wearing makeup I thought it was a stupid waste of time.
Fortunately, it was the '80s, so no one cornered my parents and threatened to call CPS if they didn't transition me to a boy. I still think makeup is mostly a waste of time and money. But I would MUCH rather be a woman than any alternative. I love jewelry. I spend too much on handbags, and don't even get me started on shoes! I have long hair, which I love to curl, and a closet full of dresses.
Most importantly, though, I'm teaching my daughter that not only is it possible to be an engineer who wears pink dresses and is attracted to shiny things, but it's darned fun, too!
Good for you. And you're right to point out - with gratitude - that back then we didn't have pharma ready to juice you full of life altering hormones and anti-depressants, etc.
So glad to hear somebody else thought playing with dolls was boring. I was growing up in the 50s. Much harder then to want to play with scrap lumber and pound nails, trying to build something, and nobody to teach you how bec it was a boy thing. I used to dress my old cat up in doll clothes and push him around in a stroller. LOL. I thought makeup went out in the 60s when we all burned our bras. Barbers went out of business in the 70s. And in the 80s imagine my shock to find out people made a living planning weddings. I thought weddings went out of style the 70s. My how things change. But we never had girls wanting to be boys for real. Things changed around 1975 when all the psychiatrists/psychologists got together and changed the rules and made homosexuality no longer a mental disorder. Everything crazy happening now can be traced back to that as the start of it all.
They still are. 😉
Srsly, though, I work in a male-dominated field. I haven't worked anywhere that's majority female since high school, and I don't want to. I'm sure I would hate it.
Impossible.
Although I find that if you buy quality in a style you like, without worrying about today's fashion, 3-4 years into the future you're classicly retro fashion and everybody's jealous, and you don't need to change.
No need doesn't mean you can't of course..
You sound like my wife's twin!