Well, my two cents are that growing up in that environment made you feel more comfortable and free about doing what you wanted. I think that gender roles are often very confining and more people would probably be less strict about them if they had more and varied experiences throughout their life. Maybe instead of a “chicken and egg” example, it’s a “let the tree grow how it will, rather than trying to trim it in a certain way” kind of thing.
I’ve often wondered what society and people would be like if gender was not a part of our culture. What if there were simply “clothes” instead of “menswear” or “womens’ clothes,” what if there were just “sports” instead of men’s and women’s sports? Obviously there are some biological constraints (like with health care, for example) but so many things are gendered that really don’t need to be.
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