Do you fit your gender stereotype?

Question

If yes or no, why and what do you think about it.

Answer 1

Absolutely not. Girls my age are supposed to be selfish, superficial, high-maintence, malicious, love shopping and adore boys with six-packs. I am not like that at all! I'm somewhat more eccentric than your average teenager, and a little more mature too. I love writing, drawing, reading, playing piano, writing comedy material and listening to (good!) music. I'm exuberant, courteous, ambitious, selfless and occasionally witty. I detest, detest, detest stereotypes because I don't agree with the majority of them and I don't fit into any stereotype group. Well... maybe "super-duper outcast!" Have a nice day everyone!

Answer 2

Physically, yes, I look very womanly. In every other way, not by a long shot. I like it better that way.

Answer 3

Yes and no.

Yes - I love being a girl, and doing girly things, like getting all dressed up, crying during chick-flick movies, baking up a storm... I'm probably more romantic than most girls I know.  I want the guy to be in charge.

No - I have a degree in mechanical engineering, I love talking about science and how the world works, I get along with guys much better than girls.  I hate gossip and pettiness, which seem to be staples of many girls lives.

Sometime I wish I fit the stereotype, but on the other hand I'd never give up my math-brains to become more of a gossip!

Answer 4

Depends on who you ask.  I believe different people have different stereotypes depending on their level of education, worldliness, and options available to them.  So, I think I am the stereotype of this generation, taking into consideration the motivation of most of today's women to get a head.

Answer 5

No.  I do not think I fit the stereotype.  I enjoy being single, and have no desire to get married.  I like having a boyfriend, but will not live together.  I need time to myself.

Answer 6

nope...i am a girl..and i don't own a dress, don't own heels, i walk with my thighs and not with my hips, i wear no makeup..i am a very odd female, but that makes me who I am

Answer 7

Yes, I do. I'm tall, broad shouldered, hairy, taciturn and stoic. I go straight for the solution, keep my problems to myself and blame no one else for my mistakes. I will not allow myself to be mistreated. I believe in honour, dignity, loyalty and honesty. Any less is compromising and I never, not even in the face of Armageddon, ever compromise my integrity. Death is preferable.  

My role models are Captain Harlock and John Wayne.

Answer 8

When I was young and wanting to fit in, I studied the stereotype and tried hard to be it.

But thankfully I accept myself as the mindful, egalitarian, humorous, gourmet, athletic, Buddhist, mad scientist that I am!

Answer 9

No.

Answer 10

Oh goodness no. I have little girls wrists, I get hit on by more guys than women (which isn't a problem I know, its just I'm not wired that way), and I'm way too sensitive. Plus womens jeans fit me really well. Its depressing.

Answer 11

Not really. I've always gotten on better with men than with women... but I don't think I'm "masculine" at all. I think I'm fairly neurotic and it's easier to express that around guys... they're also more apt to entertain a discussion about black holes and who portrayed the best cinematic serial killer, get tanked on whiskey and watch bad B horror...

The girls I've come to know and respect all have a tendency to leave. It makes sense... job and higher learning opportunities nation and world wide. Men of course do this as well, but frankly, not the guys I hang with. Very smart men, but severely lacking in ambition.

I think I have kind of a male mentality. I figure the stereotype for 24 year old white female from the boondocks of WV would see me as a demur wife and mother who maintains the home and teaches Sunday school... and can bake a mean angel food cake. Listens to soft rock and Gospel. It works for the women in my extended family I suppose.

I wound up instead as a punk rock kid finding myself homeless from time to time- maybe I"m a stereotype in the combat-boot-and-skirt-wearing sense, got a lot of tattoos and like frantic music... but there's a new stereotype every time you turn around.

God, I'm babbling.

Ciao

Answer 12

I am a decidedly feminine creature whose manner of expression is considered to be quite masculine. It is a glorious blending. I am inclined to think this is actually androgyny; the realisation of all those qualities I comprise (as opposed to the asexuality or s*x-less-ness many attribute to that designation.) Ultimately, it equates simply with being fully human. Who cares what the stereotypes or even the archetypes are. It is far more important to concentrate on who we are.

Answer 13

yes and no .

yes because i am light built and obviously i cannot do what a strong man can do, or maybe even a strong woman, but i am not a weakling . No, because i do not succomb to men, i do not accept being bossed around, i have a mind of my own since forever. so phisically i sort of fit into my gender stereotype but without further details, i definetly do not fit into the psychological side of my gender .

Answer 14

I don't like any stereotypes, that just gives someone else the opportunity to box you in, sometimes with negative connotations.

Am just me.

Answer 15

I am proud to feminine and rely on men everyday.

Feminists hate me.

Answer 16

Depends on who is doing the stereotyping, and the topic/area that is being discussed.

Sometimes, yes, sometimes no.

I don't really think about it much.

Answer 17

I'm not a 'tomboy'

I'm not a 'girlie-girl'

I'm not a 'stay-at-home-mother'

I'm not a 'housewife'

I'm not a 'ruthless career-driven woman'

But in saying that, I would say I am basically the same most other women out there.... I don't mean personality-wise, or what I DO in life, but in the way that we all have the same basic needs.... We all want love, respect, choice, passion, happiness.....

:-)

Answer 18

I have some traits that are considered "masculine" & some that are considered "feminine". I'm not trying to be anything- I"m just me.

Answer 19

Not especially.

I'm stubbornly oppositional no matter what the question.  :)

Growing up with only brothers, I never got into excessively time-consuming grooming habits, because I was only allotted 15 minutes in the bathroom we shared.  I don't wear nail polish or elaborate hairstyles.  My make up is minimal to achieve a natural (not painted) look.   I can count the number of shoes I own on my fingers.  

I like to get dirty working in the yard - sweat is not taboo to me.  I can name and effectively use as many garage tools as kitchen tools.

I can become aggressive rather easily... I question whether this is a result of growing up in a predominantly male household, or if I have a little more testosterone than the average female.

In general, I don't put much stock into stereotypes because human behavior is so variable.    But I am glad to live in an age when it is acceptable to stray from the stereotypical "norm."

Answer 20

nope not totally im a female nd i dont love shopping,jewelery...im into sports ,i hate  manicure nd all these stuff, i love cars....but on the other side i love to wear feminine  clothes, some makeup isnt so bad , i love cooking....

Answer 21

no... im a girl but i dont like pink... i dont like to wear dresses or skirts, and i love to go on camps and get covered in mud playing footy and soccer...

i love netball... and i dont like much of the whiney singers on the radio...

i dont think i really fit the stereotype :P

hbu?

Answer 22

I like feminine things, shopping, talking, so-called "chick flicks, and express emotion easily, so I'd say yes. I am not as manipulative as some women I know, though. And I wouldn't exactly call myself "delicate" at 5'8" and 140. I can do lots of things as well as a man can, household repairs, heavy duty yard work. I'm fine with who I am.