Caught Between The Two!

After reading "Bros Before Hoe's," and The Guy Code, It reminded me vaguely of my childhood. Growing up with two brothers made me change how a normal girl should act. I often heard my family call me a "tomboy". When I was a little girl, I never new what that word meant but I thought I liked being called it.

I feel my life was always surrounded by the Guy Code so I just adapted to it. When I was little I didn't play with Barbie's or get all dolled up and walk around in dresses. In my childhood there was a lot of bike accidents, Band-Aids covering wounds, playing with Hot Wheels with my brothers, and catching toads. I never was the one to want to play with the Barbie's and get all cute.

This reminds me a lot of the articles I read in Composition I class. A lot of times when I would fall and scrape my knees my brothers would always make remarks like, "Get up, you're acting like a little girl!" I always tried to be just like them and they made me the strong person I am today.

Being little and not having any sense of direction, I also wanted to dress like my brothers. My mom would get really frustrated at times because I never wanted to dress like a "lady". With being brought up with two brother it was really hard to be a girl. My mom always told me how to act and would sometimes scold me for not being lady like, but I never really had a grasp on the whole Girl Code.

Being able to read these articles made me really think back on my childhood and show me how much The Guy code influenced my life. I never really thought of me being so influenced on the Guy Code until being educated on it.

Eventually, I grew out of The Guy code. I started going to school and seeing all these little girls dressing up in dresses and were very polite and quiet. I then transitioned very naturally into a girl and have never once thought about trying to act like a boy.

Is the Guy Code so powerful that influenced my life? What else can the Guy/Girl code influence? Does the Guy Code have more power than the Girl Code??