so what do girls do for hobbies?

[YellowDaisy]

i guess any mtf or anyone who knows could answer. i'm mtf, and one of my hobbies is video games. there is a stereotype that video games are a male thing, and not for girls, and that they aren't smart enough to know how to use electronics. there's alot of standards like that against girls, but what hobbies are a girl supposed to have? it seems like society thinks their job is just to look pretty and sit on the sidelines. so, what hobbies do you have?

[Silver]

Girls can:
-Experiment with makeup
-Dye hair
-Cut hair
-Draw
-Dance
-Sew
-Design Clothes

And. . . I can't think of anything else for now.

[YellowDaisy]

Girls can:
-Experiment with makeup
-Dye hair
-Cut hair
-Draw
-Dance
-Sew
-Design Clothes

And. . . I can't think of anything else for now.

and then there's baking 

[MMarieN]

Girls can do whatever they please. No need to restrict yourself because of gender.

[Alyssa M.]

Women can:
-Experiment with the fundamental forces of nature
-Dye slides for investigation under an electron microscope
-Cut ski tracks down steep couloirs on high Alpine peaks
-Draw up legal contracts
-Dance with death reporting from war zones
-Reap profits
-Design microchips

And. . . do damn near anything else they feel like.

[Lachlann]

Girl gamers are a social norm now. You don't have to worry about that.

[YellowDaisy]

Girl gamers are a social norm now. You don't have to worry about that.

it is more of a social norm today, but there's still some people who think differently.

[Lachlann]

it is more of a social norm today, but there's still some people who think differently.

There's always going to be people who think differently no matter what the social norm is. Do whatevs.

[Janet_Girl]

How about auto mechanics?  I know that there are at least three on this forum.

[Stella Blue]

I like to garden/landscape, watch tv/movies, listen to and play music, paint, play video games (with friends, rarely on my own) ... read, be active, cook, ect, ect... goes on. Gender is not a reason to limit yourself to certain hobbies... do whatever you enjoy. 

[tekla]

How about auto mechanics?  I know that there are at least three on this forum.

There are two all-female auto shops in SF that I know of.

[spacial]

You do whatever you enjoy.

As far as I know, the only thing girls can't do is eat a Yorkie.

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2002/05/not_for_girls_t

Added because this is really funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2pLzdeCP0&feature=related#

[mtfbuckeye]

I used to think "well, I like football, baseball, videogames, sci-fi movies, etc... that means I'm not trans."

Thankfully, I don't think like that anymore

[V M]

When I was younger I loved tinkering about with cars. I had a thing for hopping up the engines on "plain Jane" looking cars 

I'll never give up football or baseball although I'm just a spectator now

I mostly like to play guitar, bicycling and gardening these days

[tekla]

Sail around the world?  Become Olympic champions?  Start businesses?  Run for public office?

[Hannah]

Women are allowed to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, be powerful politicians, be doctors and phychologists. If your'e looking for a more common stereotypical female hobby to feel more feminine rather than to fit in better I can understand that, maybe try reading, jogging, crafts, or creative writing?

[Silver]

Now I probably look like pretty sexist. I thought you wanted the stereotypes.

Of course, do whatever you feel like.

[MyKa]

in-line skate and mountain bke riding are my 2 favs

use to semi-pro race motorcross

[PanoramaIsland]

"Girls" can do whatever they damned well please.

As for me, I spend my free time reading (especially alt comics), working on my art, listening to and collecting music, and going to art openings and punk shows now and then. I do the occasional movie or video game, as well.

I wish I could say that I spend all my time on construction sites, but I don't. 

[LordKAT]

Guy watching maybe?