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[quote=Anonymous]I never grew out of it either. I'm 47.  I'm old enough that there was still a lot of discrimination against women. I think that was part of it. Boys got to do more.

But when I did pretend play with friends, I wanted to be the boy or the dad. Never wanted to be a girl. Would rather dig tunnels for matchbox cars in dirt with the neighborhood boys than play barbies with the neighborhood girls.

I don't really think about gender much. I don't feel it's part of my identity with respect to inherent personality.  I like having a female body and I'm straight. So I never thought twice about gender until recently, when it's been more in the news.

I am a staunch feminist in that all people have equal worth and should be given the opportunity to reach their individual full potential. I'd love to erase our cultural perceptions about sex/gender from that equation.

That's a long way of saying I don't feel a strong attachment to female gender in identity. Never did. Maybe your child doesn't either.[/quote]

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