Actually, I was eight years old before my first brother was born. Having lots of work around the property, my father treated me like a boy, car repair, gardening, carpentry, etc. My mother treated me like a girl, cooking, canning, sewing, house cleaning. So while I enjoy dressing up, I also enjoy making things, renovating houses (hands on), etc. I look female, but think male, mostly. My son, who is in Special Forces, when in his late teens (after 3 years of ROTC) said his dad had a second in command mentality, while I was more rational and realistic. This was a source of a lot of the marriage conflict, and I thought my son made a very clear statement of a reality I had not thought of before.
Fascinating, as Spock would say (raises single eyebrow).
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Cheers!