Well I have been stereotyped before, I do have a lot of dislikes for it. First of all girls can like boy stuff, no such thing as Boy-y stuff. Boys can like dolls (ha ha, it keeps on auto correcting to Dallas, lol), there is no such thing as girly stuff. I have a doll, it is a creepy baby doll, if you want to actually know what kind it is, and I like like the Disney Princess franchise. But I am still a guy, I am a geek guy that likes video games.____

Padawan, my CAPTCHA if you don't know says txat, sounds like texas, wow You want to go to Dallas, TX?  

I said something like girly stuff on another thread and realized later that it was a stupid thing to say, because like Jedi and a lot of other people said, there is no such thing. I sincerely apologize. 

I am someone who can relate you, Lucy, because before last year or so I was a tomboy 100%. I wore sweatpants or long athletic shorts every day, I didn't comb my hair and despised traditionally feminine activities like shopping, cooking, sewing, etc. 

I have changed a lot since then, but the weird thing is that around the time I cut my hair short is when I started becoming less of a tomboy and more into things like makeup and clothes, and that's the only time I was ever misgendered. (I was at art class one time with a group of kids and my teacher was talking about a painting of mine or something, she said something along the lines of "She entered this in the show..." and this kid goes, "She's a girl?" I thought it was pretty funny, actually) So even though I have a fairly feminine face and have been told "I walk like a girl" (whatever that means), I have been misgendered a few times because I have short hair and was wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and converse. 

I'm sorry if I said anything offensive in this comment.  

I have never experienced any gender stereotypes. However, I have friends who have. And not just girls, either. One of my guy friends wears his hair long, has a squeaky voice, and loves things that are considered 'girly'. 

Gender stereotypes are so unfair! Just because you like certain things or act in a certain way, people can decide to label you. I would like to know how certain stereotypes, including girls only like pink, got started. Any ideas? 

I. ABSOLUTELY. DESPISE. THESE. STEREOTYPES.

I mean, yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I wear skirts sometimes. Yes, I'm trying to grow my hair out. But on the other hand, I hate makeup(no offense anyone), I don't mind dirt, and I sail all the time. Sometines, when I tell people that I sail, they give me a funny look, and are like, "Oh-okay, Alice. Sure, I believe you."  IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST BECAUSE THE MEDIA HAS STARTED ASSOCIATING GIRLS WITH PINK AND BOYS WITH BLUE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT GIRLS CAN'T LIKE "BOY" COLORS, AND VICE VERSA! ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW MORE GIRLS WHO LIKE BLUE AND RED, AND CLIMBING TREES/RUNNING AROUND/GETTING DIRTY THAN GIRLS WHO LIKE PINK AND PURPLE AND SPEND THEIR TIME COOKING/SEWING/ETC.! I don't necessarily prefer either one of those over the other, but it gets annoying! AND WHEN YOU GO INTO TOYS R US, OR WALMART, OR ONE OF THOSE OTHER BIG CHAIN STORES, THE TOYS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS, "BOYS" AND "GIRLS". THE SO-CALLED "BOY" SECTION IS FULL OF BLUE TOYS, LIKE LEGOS, NERF GUNS, AND ON AND ON, WHEREAS THE "GIRL" SECTION IS FULL OF BARBIES, STUFFED ANIMALS, AND ALL THAT OTHER PARAPHERNALIA. AND OF COURSE THE "BOY" SECTION IS ALL BLUE, AND THE "GIRL" SECTION IS ALL PINK! WHY DO SUCH YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE TO BE EXPOSED TO ALL THESE RIDICULOUS STEREOTYPES?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Sorry about that long rant, if it was offensive to anyone. But I really hate the stereotypes!

Continuing my rant-

I think to eliminate gender stereotypes we have to destroy the idea that certain activities/toys/or even colors are inferior. For example, my school had a cheer team for the first time since before the 2000s. It was really exciting for a lot of my friends who had wanted to be cheerleaders since they were kids, and guess what? There were other girls in our class who mocked them. I have no doubt that if a boy wanted to, they'd be made fun of even worse. My 9 year old cousin gets teased for being the only girl on a Little League Team. I've even heard a teacher who I trusted and liked make fun of men wearing dresses. Nearly every girl has been told as a child to "act like a lady" and nearly every boy has been told at some point to "man up". 

I kind of lost my point. Whatever. I guess what I'm trying to say is to let people like what they like as long as it's not hurting anyone.

Another thing I want to address (This is not directed at CBers because you guys don't do it. I'm just saying)- you cannot discriminate women for being more traditionally feminine. I'm going to stand up for 'girly' girls because I am one- it's not okay to mock someone for wearing makeup, liking chick flicks or romantic movies, cheerleading, having pink glittery lockers or spending a lot of time shopping. It's kind of a stereotype for girls who like these things so be dumb, shallow, airheads, divas... yeah. We need better representation in Literature, that would definitely help. Girly girls can still kick butt. I saw this really good cartoon explaining how I feel about this: I can't find it to share with you but there were two parts- the first said "Girls liking pink is not the problem" and it had a cashier saying "Do you want the orange one, the pink one, or the blue one?" and the little girl saying, "Pink!" The second part says "This Is." And the cashier says, "Do you want the rose one, the salmon one, or the fuschia one?" So yeah. Let people like what they like as long as it's not hurting anyone. I'm done talking now.

I have not been misgendered, but my brother has been quite a bit, because he has long hair. He usually just the ignores it, because usually it will be a cashier at a store or something, and we will be called sisters, but he probably won't ever see them again, so he doesn't correct them. One time a boy in my youth group asked me why girls liked dolls, and pink. I tried to explain to him that I've never really liked playing with dolls, and that I've never liked pink very much, and he thought that I was saying that I don't play with dolls now. What was weird, was that he seemed genuinely confused, and it seemed like he had been wondering about it for a while. Eventually one of the leaders stepped in and asked him why he liked the "boy" things, and he said that he just liked them. The leader then said that it was probably the same for girls liking "girl" things, but I was still trying to explain that I love climbing trees, and I love riding my bike, and pink has never been my favorite color, even though it changes all the time. I wish that girls wouldn't be raised being told that they should like pink, and be "girly". 

I think that Emma Watson is a perfect example of a girl who just likes what she likes, whatever that might be, even if that isn't considered " girly". I agree with almost everything she says, and if you haven't listened to here you should stop reading this right now, and find a video of her and watch it.

Wow, just realized how long that got. Didn't mean to start ranting. Anyway, I have strong opinions. 

*Glares at society* *Raises a rebellious fist* *Society glares back*

The story of my life.

Literally.

Someone needs to tie me down to a chair before I let out a fury of hatred... or I guess, more "proper" terms, a very, very, very strong dislike. Ever since I was young I've been picked on (leading to the fact that hearing my name makes me cringe because it was used so ruthlessly in the past).

I'm a gamer. I'm an "I wish I could surf" kid. Long, scraggly brown hair. Black jeans. Dark shirts. Nothing too showy, nothing too bright. I spend my time getting dirty in mud and creek water, waist high in grass. I spend hours leaning over haystacks talking to pigs and goats, returning with hay on my clothes and smelling like... well, pigs. I definitely am not dainty - I get angry, I yell, and I can be physical if pushed far enough. I don't care about the perfection of my face, hair, or clothes. I don't try to impress every guy who I see. I hate (or very, very, very strongly dislike) the color pink. I am a leader when I want to be, and I don't follow by the rules of society.

In other words, I am everything a girl is not supposed to be.

Yet here I stand, and proud of it. Yeah, is my pride hurt by these foolish stereotypes? Of course. Do I block myself out from the world because of hatred toward being a tomboy? Yeah, how can I not? There is one thing for sure, I've never been good dealing with bullies. And I know I am not the only one.

A good friend of mine gets picked on all the time for not being "man" enough.

Another friend gets mocked for being a good kid when he "isn't" supposed to be.

Another friend gets stared at like she's crazy as she talks about academics because girls aren't supposed to be smart. Yet there she stands. A Hermione 100%.

So it sickens me hearing stereotypes, not just for what girls and boys should be, but for skaters, surfers, gamers, nerds, geeks, preps, jocks, and all these weird things that don't define who we are. You can love skating and yet be sweet. Skaters aren't supposed to be "sweet" or "nice". And a girly girl isn't supposed to be smart.

Break the odds!

Gotta go. :D