Random topic, but yeah. Society demands that we fit into gender roles as early as infants. Our parents choose to dress us in pink or blue, depending on our gender. It only gets worse as time goes on - when buying a Happy Meal; we get asked, a boy toy or a girl toy? Often we get shit for playing with toys that don't fit into our perceived gender roles. I had very few action figures as a child - one was of the original Red Power Ranger, and one was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle leader - Leonardo! I played with Cabbage Patch dolls, that toy that could fold up (crap, don't remember the name now, but it was like a freaking Tickle Me Emo that Christmas), and a shit ton of stuffed animals.
My question to all you GBAtempers - what guilty pleasures do you indulge in that can label you as a "sissy" or a "tomboy"? (Yuck, I hate the fact that boys get more shit about gendered roles, especially toys.)
Mine are: die-cast Hot Wheels (I got one from McDonald's the week my grandmother passed - it was midterms, and my father decided to meet me in the McDonald's near the hospital), UFC (yes, this lesbian watches, just because it's so..violent), and the study of locks.
My question to all you GBAtempers - what guilty pleasures do you indulge in that can label you as a "sissy" or a "tomboy"? (Yuck, I hate the fact that boys get more shit about gendered roles, especially toys.)
Mine are: die-cast Hot Wheels (I got one from McDonald's the week my grandmother passed - it was midterms, and my father decided to meet me in the McDonald's near the hospital), UFC (yes, this lesbian watches, just because it's so..violent), and the study of locks.
