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Lol I bought a girly doll today

Started by Calistine, September 20, 2009, 01:24:06 PM

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Calistine

Quote from: DRAIN on September 21, 2009, 12:03:03 PM

as for gendered hobbies....i knit. i think that's the "girliest" thing i do, but as far as traditional gender roles that's about as girly as you can get. but it's fun :D
Awesome I knit too haha :P
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GamerJames

I don't knit (could never figure it out) but I crochet from time to time. I also needlepoint/cross-stitch (or well, I *can* and I *have*, but I don't tend to much anymore - not due to it being "girly" just cuz I have little-to-no time for it these days). I also scrapbook a little, but I use my scrapbooking skills/materials more for art projects than actual photo albums.

Let's see, what else... I cry at sad movies, I am a Tupperware fanatic (and now sell it), I sew, I love chocolate (as in: can't live without it), and I like collecting beautiful journals/notebooks...

{I was going to list all of the "manly" things I do/like, as a contrast, but you know... it seems like it would be just "justifying" as in: see, I do "boy" things too! And I don't really feel the need to defend that. So I won't. :) }

How much of that is due to spending 30 years trying to play the part of "girl" (unlike some, I've always cared way too much what people think, and so while I've always been a guy, I tried *really* hard for my whole life to fit in as a girl and "pass" acceptably) and having those hobbies rub off on me, and how much is due to not being forced away from those interests by the socialization that boys get growing up? I don't know.

But when it comes down to it, those are some things I genuinely like (in addition to many more traditionally "masculine" pasttimes, and many activities that have somehow escaped society's sexism and are considered "gender neutral"), and they are a small part of what makes up who I am. The fact that I'm a guy who likes those things doesn't really concern me all that much. I'd rather be a guy who gets to be my well-rounded and nerdy self than to be someone I'm not: either a girl, or a guy who turns away from things he sincerely enjoys just out of trying to be who society says he should be.

If that makes any sense... lol! ;D
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Quote from: NES_junkie_James on September 21, 2009, 02:50:36 PM
I'd rather be a guy who gets to be my well-rounded and nerdy self than to be someone I'm not: either a girl, or a guy who turns away from things he sincerely enjoys just out of trying to be who society says he should be.

Hell ya! I'm with ya.  :)

Quote from: Kyle :3 on September 21, 2009, 01:26:05 PM
Awesome I knit too haha :P

There was a Bio guy that was my friend in high school who knit... and he was gothic too. So he would sit on the table at lunch, this tall brooding shadow, knitting bright happy things. And he loved it!
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Lachlann

Quote from: Sebastien on September 20, 2009, 10:46:42 PM
Seconded.

But there's nothing wrong with being a guy and liking "girly" stuff. Who made up all these rules about what's appropriate for guys vs girls, anyway?

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Agreed. Sometimes I have to reassure myself it's alright to like certain music and whatnot as a guy, lol.
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GamerJames

Quote from: Tristan H. on September 21, 2009, 03:02:55 PM
Agreed. Sometimes I have to reassure myself it's alright to like certain music and whatnot as a guy, lol.

Oh right, music! I forgot about that... lol

I'm a big Tegan & Sara fan, which basically means I "must" be a lesbian. Whatevs... ;D
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JonasCarminis

i agree with the dolls are creepy thing. >_<  but my real weakness when i was little was stuffed animals.  i had a purple raccoon once. >_>  i fed it with a little bottle and everything.
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V M

Sometimes I think my Barbie and her boyfriend are kinda creepy
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LordKAT

Quote from: Virginia Marie on September 22, 2009, 12:16:30 AM
Sometimes I think my Barbie and her boyfriend are kinda creepy

There is definitely something creepy about that boyfriend. Barbie seems to have her hair standing up due to his proximity.
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thestory

Quote from: Virginia Marie on September 22, 2009, 12:16:30 AM
Sometimes I think my Barbie and her boyfriend are kinda creepy

I dunno. He seems like a nice guy...   ;D
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Kumodamoogle

I have Hello Kitty bedsheets.

I wonder if the ladies have private power tool collections they let no one see.....
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Calistine

Quote from: Kamren on September 22, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
I dunno. He seems like a nice guy...   ;D
Ken is the man(he has genetalia like most of us XD). Barbie sucks though shes like a fake person(no pun intended)
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Jamie-o

Sometimes I can't resist buying teddy bears.  Usually I end up giving them to Toys for Tots, but I have quite a collection that's building under my Christmas tree every year.  They hide the tree stand quite nicely.   ;D

The only dolls I've ever been able to stand are the occasional antique porcelain ones.  Not the creepy baby dolls with the pouty mouths and the rolling eyes, but the pretty lady ones.

I once knew a bio-guy who collected dolls.  He worked as a bouncer at a bar my band used to play at.  And, of course, professional football player Rosie Greer was famous for his needlepoint. Of course, when you're their size, you can do anything you darned well please.  ;)

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Hey, I knit, too.  We should start a knitting group.   :D  And yes, crocheters can join, too. 
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