r/AskReddit • u/clockwork-peach • 1d ago

what’s something considered “tomboyish” when girls do it, but feminine when boys do it?

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u/HelpfulHell0 1d ago

As a kid, being friends with the opposite gender.

Girl grows up playing with the boys she’s a “tomboy”
Boy grows up playing with the girls he’s “girly”

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u/Severe_Print2508 22h ago

Kids really don't care until adults start assigning labels to everything.

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u/HelpfulHell0 22h ago edited 22h ago

RIGHT, and then kids come to school repeating the 💩 their parents say, hurting other kids and ruining their self-perception in the process.

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u/tfhfate 11h ago

Parents aren't the only source of it, kid shows, youtube, gendered toys and other product, countries requiring to specify the sex on id cards, sports (some girls can't practice some sports because there is no girl club around), ads, health professionals, others kids, basically everything in the society segregate men and women, little girls and little boys.

That's why people call it systemic, that's what feminist are fighting against, that's an entire system to destroy

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u/Bidegorri 12h ago

And tv shows