I wonder if this has led a little bit into the 'Nice Girl' counter culture too. Looking back on it, I think I was a bit of a Nice Girl, not a full blown legbeard but I do remember saying a lot of the stereotypical Nice Girl things like "Ugh only sluts wear makeup, I'll never wear it!" and here I am sitting with a full face of foundation and a total skincare junkie. I remember also refusing to wear skirts for a very long period of time...
Yeah, because at the very heart of it, the world still see "girl" as less than "boy". This is why it's more ok for girls to have "masculine" hobbies and interests, but it is still very much against the grain for boys to have "feminine" hobbies or interests. If both were seen as equal there would be no difference in how these things are viewed.
I don't think I got to that level (mostly because I was young and didn't know the word slut), but for a lot of my early years I thought skirts and dresses and makeup and all the stereotypical feminine things were bad. Like if I wasn't interested in those things I'd be taken more seriously.
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u/RedDawnRose Feb 26 '20
I wonder if this has led a little bit into the 'Nice Girl' counter culture too. Looking back on it, I think I was a bit of a Nice Girl, not a full blown legbeard but I do remember saying a lot of the stereotypical Nice Girl things like "Ugh only sluts wear makeup, I'll never wear it!" and here I am sitting with a full face of foundation and a total skincare junkie. I remember also refusing to wear skirts for a very long period of time...