Gendered Language by Katherine Hindley

2025-07-09 12:31:17 UTC

Gendered items (toys and clothes) from before a person is born - often embellished with gender stereotypes (trains and cars vs unicorns and flowers / colours). Must make it very hard to move away from that if it doesn’t feel that it fits.

2025-07-09 12:31:51 UTC

“Dads cooking dinner”

When I was younger, my mum mainly cooked dinners and did the bulk of house chores. On the occasion my Dad would cook it felt like such a big deal!

re814508 — 2025-07-09 12:32:19 UTC

The language in secondary school became pretty misogynistic. The attitudes of what it meant to be a 'Lad' and what that meant for interactions and relationships with women were always being pushed by other male peers.

it811736 — 2025-07-09 12:32:37 UTC

Boys - cars and blue girls - dolls and pink

Boy jobs girl jobs

2025-07-09 12:32:54 UTC

Gender is attributed before birth with stereotypes implemented before any choice is involved

2025-07-09 12:33:24 UTC

I remember being called a ‘Tom boy’ in pre-teens with my interests and because I liked to wear items that weren’t pink. I remember thinking should I feel bad about being called this?

2025-07-09 12:33:57 UTC

Clothes being passed down between siblings. I could only have my sisters clothes

psmithson4 — 2025-07-09 12:34:24 UTC

So many gender stereotypes were common parlance when I was growing up. They seem so deep rooted that it can be really difficult to stop using them because they are repeated almost involuntarily.

A big one was my dad always assumed all bad drivers were women. I used to look at drivers when they were frustrating me to see their gender but I think it was reinforcing the stereotype as if it was a man I’d assume they were somehow the exception so I now I try not to look and remind myself that who they are doesn’t matter!

2025-07-09 12:34:40 UTC

Being told to wear dresses and be ladylike, boys will be boys getting away with being rude or more likely to get ADHD support.

2025-07-09 12:35:10 UTC

Just thinking about the attitudes and expectations of female members toward other male family members when I was a child. So much implicit messages that as women/girls we should adapt ourselves to better suit males. Waiting on them, tidying up after them, the bulk of domestic duties ontop of working responsibilities.

ou811737 — 2025-07-09 12:35:25 UTC

i was a 'tom boy', i remember my nan saying 'you should've been a boy' when i wore boyish clothes. she was saying it with love.

fl812420 — 2025-07-09 12:36:59 UTC

It's easier for girls to engage with 'boys toys' than it is for boys to play with 'girls toys' perhaps because we value 'male' traits more? E.g. we encourage girls to be mechanics but not many boys are encouraged to be ballerinas

2025-07-09 12:37:06 UTC

General feelings of safety - controversial discussions around this as men can feel defensive and rightly state it’s not all males however women generally feel unsafe in many situations

2025-07-09 12:37:22 UTC

Children being asked if they have a boyfriend or girlfriend from a very young age so adding gender stereotypes and sexualising from a young age.