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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It means - he exibits sterotypical behavior to an extreme. It's not flattering. It's the parent (or other person) saying, " yeah, yeah I know how he behaves. I am aware of it. I'm embarrassed. You don't need to point out his behavior to me."[/quote]

I am pretty stridently feminist and went to a women's college so I'm hardly raising my two boys to be stereotypical boys/men, but I have said this about my younger son. My older son never did a ton of the typical gross-out or violent boy stuff but my younger one...yeah, it is fart noises and making guns out of everything and yelling ALL DAY LONG. If I say "he's all boy" it's definitely intended as an excuse, like "these are the "boy" genes expressing themselves...no idea where this is coming from....." or as a comparison to my older son, who never really did that stuff. DS #2 has girl friends and takes dance and still plays dress up so I'm not worried that he's boxing himself in. He even won a talent show last year by performing a combination from dance class while providing simultaneous musical accompaniment via armpit farts. That, to me, is being "all boy" -- two years of classical training couldn't suppress his innate desire to be gross even while executing his routine with precision. [/quote]

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