[Greta]

I know, the whole thing is ridiculous. I always hated dolls when I was a little kid, and still do, but they were the main toys I got. They were useless, but my parents didn't understand. I hated anything pink and I hated anything that required pretending. So I didn't play with my brothers' G.I. Joe and He-Man toys, either. But they had to share all their Lego blocks and Brio trains with me. So now I am of the belief that parents should buy children gender-neutral toys and clothes until they are old enough to decide they like certain ones (2 or 3 maybe). At that point, parents should buy the children whatever type of toys and clothes they like best (within reason, i.e. nothing dangerous and include educational stuff). I think this practice should make for the best results of happiness and intelligence and maturity.

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[Greta]

Keep playing hockey. Don't let anyone discourage you. I played rugby on a men's team, since there wasn't a women's team at my school. There were never any problems with it, except I was told I was too small to be a hooker and had to play at wing. I play on a women's team now and having generally smaller teammates helps because I play hooker, flanker, and prop. Some of the positions require players to be certain sizes relative to each other. In hockey, being small (if you are) shouldn't be much of a problem; it just means you can't check as hard as someone bigger.

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[Greta]

AA is not the only thing that can help alcoholics. I think it is unrealistic and insulting to say that an alcoholic must be spiritual to have any chance of recovery. Some people are not spiritual and never will be. There are a couple of groups and sites which help alcoholics without using spiritual or religious agenda or affiliations: http://www.secularhumanism.org/sos/ and http://www.unhooked.com/index.htm I have not joined any of these groups because I have never felt the need (alcohol does not normally adversely affect my life), but I have given up most drugs one at a time on my own, and if I did ever have more serious drug problems, those are the places I would go first.

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[Greta]

I was in a club one time which was packed so you had to shove your way through to get anywhere in it. I was wearing men's pants (because I always do) and probably an ordinary T-shirt. Somebody grabbed me in the ass and I couldn't tell who it was or get a hold of the hand because the place was so crowded. If I would have gotten a better grip on the hand, I would have broken a finger. It's self-defense. Even though I'm a little bit on the small size, I'm stronger than I look (I'm a rugby player). If you grab people's asses or give them similar 'attention', eventually you'll come across a rugby player or a black belt or somebody with a knife and get what's coming to you.

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[Greta]

I want everybody I date to be the same height as me. That way, neither person has to bend down or up to hug and kiss.

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[Greta]

Sometimes you actually need to spit. For instance on the rugby field. When you're out running around and tackling people, you get thirsty and your spit gets sticky. So you spit on the pitch and everyone does it. It's kind of gross that you may touch someone else's spit, but when you get mud in your mouth, ears, and underwear, and other people's sweat can end up in your mouth by accident (it's true, when you're neck to neck, heads under shoulders, it can drip in the front row of the scrum), spit is a secondary concern. So my question is how are guys generally able to spit farther and harder than girls? Someone tried to show me once and it didn't work, I still have to bend down to spit, but the problem may be exacerbated by the fact that I have to take medicine that makes me dehydrated so the spit is stickier and probably harder to spit far.

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[Greta]

In mixed-gender conversations, men consistently talk more than women, and even when it is three times as much, they still feel that women dominated the conversation. Men also interrupt women more than women interrupt men, especially to change the subject. These things happen to me a lot. See the textbook, Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective. It also says than in same-gender contexts, where power is less important, women talk more than men. Talking a lot is definitely not a common denominator of all women. I talk somewhat a lot with my few very closest friends (who are most often male and talk at least as much as me) and sometimes my mom or brother, but only to tell them about exciting or interesting things, not to blab and gossip about people. With all other people, I talk as little as possible. I never make small talk with anyone. I never talk to any stranger unless I have a definite need to (important question to ask or something). I think it's rude to walk up to a stranger and start asking personal questions and commenting on their appearance.

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[Greta]

Most men that like women don't like body hair (legs and armpits generally) on them, but then some of them (not necessarily you) get bent out of shape that a woman could find their ten-times-as-much body hair unattractive. This makes no sense to me. The hair doesn't feel nice when you touch it, it makes you smell sweaty, and it makes you look like the step before modern human in a evolution diagram. Smooth skin feels good. I think any body hair more than a bit you can barely feel and see, on men or women, is unattractive; some people like it though. Pubic hair is the exception because without it, you look infantile or like a plucked bird. Not to mention the fact that stubble is painful and scratchy to touch, as in a cactus-underwear feeling. So keep it short and don't shave it. Men shave your armpits.

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[Greta]

You're right except the gender part. A baby doesn't have a gender until another person decides it is male or female. Gender is a social construction, it's the things associated with being male or female. The differentiation that occurs while it is a fetus is one of sex, that is, development of genitalia. I forgive you for making such a minor mistake though, because there's no way I can speak a word of Finnish (sadly, I'm no good at languages), and you're already fluent in English at 17.

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