Arts as Astra

Ah. So it is a more subtle discrimination: people teach their kids to identify gender by signs like "long hair" or "wearing skirts" or whatever (or possibly it isn't taught, it is picked up from pattern association). So it is difficult to break the stereotype because anything that makes you different is bad (eg, speaking a second language - i felt speaking spanish set me apart when I was young - or liking to read when other people like sports, or whatever). This even happens to enlightened older people sometimes - I met a kid (maybe 10 years old?) who had amazing long blond hair in braids, a fairly gender neutral name, and a kind of feminine face, and while my confusion about his gender did not impact my interactions with him, I certainly spent a little while trying to figure it out.

You might be interested in this: http://traceesioux.blogspot.com/2007/11/bob-vs-barbie.html