My skewbald horse 'Blondie' and a pair of toy pearl handled cap guns and a cowboy boyfriend...who could ask for more?
When I was little I was a tomboy for a while and refused to wear dresses or skirts (in the olden days when girls almost always wore them). I was not a transgendered anything. The reason? I watched Davy Crocket and Hopalong Cassidy on TV and wanted to be a cowboy or a frontiersman. I don’t think it crossed my mind yet (age 4 maybe or 5?) that I would grow up into a woman; the idea of growing up was unreal (note my comment above about wanting to be an elephant when I grew up at one point.)
It was all play to me, as it is to most children that age. Like when they put dolls to sleep, or feed, them (which I also did) they are sure the dolls really sleep and eat (I thought that).
Excellent points. I wanted to be a cowboy, too!
I’m sure there are a few children with rare hormonal imbalances who share biological traits more with the opposite sex. However, almost all of what we see in these “transgender children” articles is crazy families with crazy parents.
Also, as I pointed out above, “gender roles” in our society are very limiting. There’s no legitimate reason a young girl shouldn’t play with trucks, and there’s no reason an adult woman shouldn’t drive trucks (or a bulldozer, if she likes). There’s no reason a boy or a man shouldn’t love and nurture babies. People are individuals, not cardboard figures defined by someone else’s view of what is “masculine” or “feminine.”
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“When I was little I was a tomboy for a while and refused to wear dresses or skirts (in the olden days when girls almost always wore them). I was not a transgendered anything. “
When I was little I just hated dresses and skirts. I wanted to wear pants suits to church but my stepmom refused to buy one for me. Remember now this was the 70’s and pants suits were the rage. Hilary has not got the memo that they are out of fashion. I personally felt they empowered a female that and the fact I just was not “dainty” enough to wear dresses.
My skewbald horse 'Blondie' and a pair of toy pearl handled cap guns and a cowboy boyfriend...who could ask for more?