I'm proud of being a girl, but every time someone tells me "what girls are like," I hear things that are very Not Me.

Not all women are all that different from men, and even those who are are often not what people mean when they talk about "being a girl." If we could get to a place in our society where being a girl encompassed the full range of girl and woman behaviors, and not just the stereotypical stuff, then I'd be a lot happier with the whole business.

For that matter, every time some tells me (if female, often with a roll of the eyes) "what men are like," I look at the men around me and go, "Not the men I know."

And then they try to convince me all the men I know are magical strange exceptions, and their "what men are like" is what all other men are like.