I remember when I was a young girl I was very athletic...sports, strength, and coordination always came naturally to me. I loved playing touch football and all the other regular sports at recess or intramurals and was always up for a good running race challenge. I was very proud when the athletically elite boys in our class would pick me to be on their team. I was told many times during my young teen years (the mid 70s on) that I could bat, run, could catch, throw, kick etc... really good for a girl. I think its a great thing that this mind set has finally changed!!! Although I never took it as an insult back in the day, its obviously clear that somewhere along the line it was already a given in my head that my gender was, by default, weaker and less able to handle things. It was a natural mind set for the guys I grew up with as well. In their ingrained way of thinking, they gave me a true compliment and I took it as such. It seems absurd now to say such a thing as like a girl but it was a different time. Again...Im so glad to see that were evolving... slowly but surely!!! :-)
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:27:07 +0000
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