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In reply to the discussion: Growing up female [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)but, it was not like that in our home. i have said in the past, we were raised more as people and not gender. i did competitive sports starting at 4, and competed on a mix team for a decade and half. right there next to the guys. i was the one expected to go to college, do well, and do whatever. my parents allowed us to be our authentic selves without gender defining us.
BUT.... i was raised in a time when i thought men turned women over their knees and spanked them. and when a woman got mad, she slapped the man.
really odd.
also, it was in my teen years, it hit me. i had really felt that i was not an equal to men, yet the boys i hung out with felt no different than anyone else my age. i started asking myself, why in the world would i feel men were "better/superior/higher on the heirarchy/boss". it was so ingrained in our culture and society, even though it was not in my parents relationship or how they treated me.