Why should boys get to take it to the max while girls are left with pink play sets?

Pottler wrote: »

I've never noticed a queue of women wanting to do sh1tty greasy jobs though, nor too many women who want to be men when they've a flat tyre or battery... anyway, I hate manneen women, far better to be female and all woman. Who the hell wants the sexes to be the same? Nothing as attractive a feminine woman who is confident in the fact she is a woman, not trying to be somthing she isn't.

Strangely although I was female, my Dad wanted his firstborn to be a boy, so ignored my gender. I'd everything from Dolls to lego to those multi storey garages as toys when I was a kid.

I learned how to cook(my Mum didn't cook), how to run a business (my parents were self employed), how to plumb in a sink, wire in a cooker, change a plug, all sorts of stuff, unlike most of my siblings.

I got to play any sport I wanted and was encouraged to get involved in politics, debate, charity, as I have to say were all of my siblings. I also did Irish Dancing and gymnastics (which I got thrown out of as I was "ungraceful")

I've stopped to help out a bloke with a puncture, and whilst first bemused, they were then most grateful, now I'm fairly slight so we split the jobs on our physical ability, but they were very grateful for the assistance. I've had men stop to help me when I've had punctures and appreciated the help too, not cos I couldn't do it, but as it was appreciated. When I did my driving test I got a puncture and my tester just stood there whilst I changed it and congratulated me on my ability to do so :eek:

I never understood the gender gap when I was a child, have ended up in a primarily male occupation, and rarely come across the gender gap. I've been visibily in need of help i.e. on crutches in the past, and gotten help from both genders

I'd argue there is a bit of nature versus nurture here, my sister next to me is a mother of two with a daughter who lives in pink, thinks hello kitty is God, and does ballet.

As an adult female I can buy pink power tools (I don't as I dislike the colour) but can and do buy feminine umbrellas to stop my male colleagues stealing and ruining mine.

Are we formed by our childhoods? I suspect not. Studies clearly show that male/female patterns of behaviour are predicated on hormone levels, and it can influence.

Toys don't matter a feck, yes they are a social tool, but that pretend baby doll I got aged seven didn't turn me into an earthmother. It's the overall upbringing the sense of self belief and the empowering of that which is most important in my opinion.