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In reply to the discussion: Growing up female [View all]davsand
(13,421 posts)Bless his heart, my dad was pretty old school. We lost him four years ago, and I misss him horribly, but I have never forgotten that bit of "advice."
I was born in 1960, and the first few years I was in school we were not allowed to wear slacks. Finally, because it was Illinois and it used to get really freaking cold in the winter, they decided it was ok to wear snow pants (remember those?) under our dress but they had to come off as soon as we got to school.
We didn't have sports for girls, and it was a huge deal when they allowed the girls to borrow the guy's team shirts to play ONE game against another school...
I was in 4-H and we competed in cooking and sewing expos. I will never forget being measured at expo to make sure my skirt was not "too short." The judge kept saying short skirts were not "lady-like."
The "good old days" my ass.
Laura