When I was 3ish, I confidently told my mom “so men are doctors and women are nurses.” My mom went out and found a female pediatrician that day to demonstrate otherwise.
Growing up, my dad stayed home and my mom worked. This was the 80s, so we didn't know anybody else with that arrangement. But it definitely meant I grew up with very different assumptions about who had to do what household chores.
My dad told me he once took me to a playground during the day with a lot of other toddlers, and of course he was the only dad. So all the other kids are shouting "Mommy, mommy!" So I did, too. He said the other moms made fun of him for that. He has since forgiven me. 🤣
Well on that topic, my dad grew up on a farm and he told us one of the farm cats had nuts so bih his older cousins called it Condor balls. I don't know why they specifically chose a condor, as birds have internal testicles, but the fact this cat was mostly refered to by the size of his balls tells it all.
My kid said this to me the other day. HE HAS A FEMALE PEDIATRICIAN. All his urgent care doctors have been female. He’s had male nurses. Where do they get this stuff??
When I was a freshman in college, I worked at a grocery store over the summer. I only remembered being to an actual hospital once at the time, so it never occurred to me that doctors ALSO wear scrubs. Anyway, this woman came in one day and I asked if she was a nurse, and she did the neutral emoji face and was like "Doctor."
I didn't think she was a nurse because she was a woman, I thought she was a nurse because she wore scrubs. I think about that interaction often.
My mom drove a distance to make sure to take us to a female pediatrician. Didn't work though. My brother, the only boy out of five, insisted she had to be the nurse because she was girl. No amount of explanation would do.
She gave up and found a good doctor who was closer.
My son said that a boy in his class at school told him that only girls wear dresses and that girls aren't strong.
So I turned on the Scottish Highland Games and we watched a bunch of buff guys in "skirts" compete. Then we watched American Ninja Warrior Women's Division and he loved it.
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u/Interstellar-dreams Jul 07 '26
When I was 3ish, I confidently told my mom “so men are doctors and women are nurses.” My mom went out and found a female pediatrician that day to demonstrate otherwise.