Yes, yes, YES! I get exactly what you mean. There was a boy at my summer camp, and he kept taunting me and three of my other friends and saying, "Boys are smarter than girls! I'm as smart as all four of you put together." After that we bombarded him with questions he had no idea how to answer. Go taunt someone else next time, annoying kid! And you are so, deffinetly smart, Danie! You're one of the smartest people I know! So forget about anything those boys said. It just goes to show that they are indeed not as smart as you. So don't let it bug you.

Topy top top. Up you go!

OMG I CAN'T STAND THAT!! Except for me it's with sports. I'm usually the only girl playing soccer, and luckily I have a few friends that are boys, but people say I shouldn't play because I'm a girl. It's so annoying

OH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes boys can be a little rude or mean because they don't get to know me yet. Or sometimes, they PRETEND to know me. I HATE when this happens. I too also sometimes wish that I was a boy. As girls, we have to show everyone what we can do, and be ourselves. Girls ARE smart, we just need to show it. @Danie: You are beautiful, talented, and smart, don't let anyone tell you otherwise! (I hope this doesn't offend any boys. If so, I'm sorry to offend them.)

Yes. Please. Ranting!!!

I am considered the "smart" person usually. I sit at my desk and do work quietly, quickly, and mostly correct while boiling with boredom annoyance anger on the inside. But they don't know that. And because I am a girl, I can't participate well in gym class apparently. It's not fair.

We play this game called Crack-Up Dodgeball, where there are three balls and every man for him- ahem- her- self, and I always crush people. I hit them hard, fast, and dodge balls like there is no tomorrow. And I can run. Yes, I can run. But do people care? No. I'm a girl, I'm smart, I'm okay at sports and I am not exactly pretty, but I'm happy with the way I look. What does this make me? A freak.

Okay.

If people just let me talk to them and hear me out they start to understand that I am a lot different than I appear.

And a lot of the time, boys are WAY more interesting than girls. I don't mean to be stereotypical,  but most girls I know spend all there time talking about hair and makeup and clothes and boys in a different way. 

I love getting dirty, and running, and playing, and programming (though I'm pretty bad at it) and I'm sort of tech-savvy. It's unfair the way girls are treated.

I wish I were a boy sometimes.

There is a camp that I go to and we play a game called Ga-Ga. I'm aggressive, but I fall a lot and hurt myself because I'm working so hard. The boys walk over to me, "Are you okay?" and "Here, let me help you." and "Please don't cry."

Then, I straighten up, take the ball, and crush them.

I am a feminist and proud of it. 

The only time I really have trouble with stuff like that is with sports. I feel like people always expect me to be a bad sports player, especially beacause I like to wear skirts (Which I play in just fine.)

In gym class, the boys are considered by themselves to be better than the girls (this might be helped by the fact that there are twice as many boys as girls). Sure, some of the girls aren't very good, but there are some of us who are total champs at some games. When we play hockey, there are three boys who order everyone around, decide what position everyone plays, and tells people what to do. They also almost never pass to you, and try to take the puck from you when they are on your team. So that they can win, because aparantly, boys are so much better. Maybe we'd be better if we were given more chances!

And when I was playing soccer 3 on 2 last week, they were trying to teach me how to kick. That was OK, but I got really mad when a boy who is good at soccer said that he was "the worst of the boys", implying that I was worse than any boy. Infuriating!

If I gave one of these sporty boys a microphone and told them to sing, would they sound as good as I do? No! But then again, singing is a girls thing. Hmph. I suppose everyone is good at something different, but that doesn't neccasarily mean that boys are good at sports. There is a boy I know who is an amazing artist. Well, his drawings are not good, but his crafts are great. And when asked if he would rather do sports or art, he said art. Which is really nice, because he wasn't acting like those boys who think that the only way to have fun is by kicking around a ball! 

It's fun, but it isn't just a boy's thing. 

Don't let them bother you. If they're too immature to get over the fact of your gender, if they think they're smarter than you because they can pee standing up, they don't deserve your friendship, much less your acknowledgement of their existence. I've usually had an advantage in these sorts of situations, knowing one of the guys ahead of time or something. Still, if there's a funny conversation and you have a comment, give it. They might be unfriendly at first, maybe forever, but if you don't interact with them, you'll never know. Be positive. Negativity doesn't make anyone want to talk to anyone. (And if they're negative, be the "better man." Don't let them ruin this cool experience for you!)

YES! Whenever I talk to someone about sports I play, they always suppose I play softball. I play baseball, people, and my team won the championship! I find it really annoying when people think that softball is for girls and baseball for boys. We can play whichever one we want!

There's also the idea that girls don't like to be called "guys". Last year, I was the only girl on my baseball team, and the assistant coach kept saying, "All right, guys.... and girl," like I wasn't called a guy every day by my friends. "Guys", in that term, is mostly just meaning "group", nothing else. 

Dude, most boys around the age of the average CBer are still immature. Sure, there's those two kinds of boys who are pretty nice and like to read or want to be a Christian when they grow up. But the rest of the boys love to tease and insult you. They're annoying and won't shut up. All they care about are sports, video games, and social media. And the social media is about sports. Like my parents say, you can't trust 'em until their 19. Or older. Shake it off! They're boys.