my brother had a friend who had a few barbies as a kid, but he was also really into war games and so on, so I don't think it was very obvious to his male friends, at least, outside of my brother and maybe a few other nice kids from our school. Since we moved before they hit puberty, I really hope this friend didn't get beaten up or go seriously macho later on. I mean, the social pressure to "be a man" is kind of frightening and, well, I'm glad I get to be a tomboyish girl- it's still pretty socially unnacceptable to hit a girl, even if she is athletic. I think in general, I'm used to people outside of my family being really macho about their sons and trying to make sure they "grow up to be men" and so on. (I tend to assume that my family is just weird because, well, we kinda are- the most macho male creature in my generation crossdressed some as a kid ;9 )
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my brother had a friend who had a few barbies as a kid, but he was also really into war games and so on, so I don't think it was very obvious to his male friends, at least, outside of my brother and maybe a few other nice kids from our school. Since we moved before they hit puberty, I really hope this friend didn't get beaten up or go seriously macho later on. I mean, the social pressure to "be a man" is kind of frightening and, well, I'm glad I get to be a tomboyish girl- it's still pretty socially unnacceptable to hit a girl, even if she is athletic.
I think in general, I'm used to people outside of my family being really macho about their sons and trying to make sure they "grow up to be men" and so on. (I tend to assume that my family is just weird because, well, we kinda are- the most macho male creature in my generation crossdressed some as a kid ;9 )