Tomboys and girlyboys

[aleon515]

I played in very cross-gender ways. I had dolls as well as trucks and cars and guns. My parents never forced gendered toys on us. I enjoyed all the climbing in trees stuff, and disliked dresses.
OTOH, I was not a rough-tough kid. Kind of sensitive and so on. I was not good at sports and was actually kind of clumsy. I remember watching boys playing with a bit of awe. I would not have been physically adept enough to do this. I was a tomboy, but certainly not "all boy".

--Jay

[sektrex]

I'm like a very girlyboy lol.  I have like 46 my little ponies and I enjoy playing the opposite gender you know, I also like fashion and stuff.

[MoonWolf]

I fall into this stereotype perfectly.  I was a tomboy when I was a kid.  I'd be given barbies, and I'd just smash them to pieces.  I liked action figures and hot wheels and things like that.  I despised dresses and having my hair done and all that. 

[Proton]

I have two younger brother close to my age and we played together, with mostly "gender neutral" toys. Legos, play-doh and whatever video-games we could get our hands on.

I wasn't really boyish or girl as a child. Sort of a awkward in the middle situation, though I did feel more comfortable fitting into the boy stereotypes for as long as I can remember.

I did get lots of dolls as gifts though, mostly from adults I didn't interact with. I never showed much interest in then - the only one I actually bothered with was a scuba diving barbie I remember taking to the pool once.