In my home, where the testosterone runs high, doing anything “like a girl” is used as an insult. I usually just ignore it because it just isn’t worth the fight. When I came home from my weekend with “the girls”, the boys were all watching football on TV. I said, “and *look* at my ‘medal'”, as I showed BoBo and YaYa my necklace – I think the inflection in my voice told them that this was something special. Then I showed off my race shirt, which I am wearing. BoBo read the tag line, “Ran like a girl” and laughed. I just smiled and walked away to get an ice pack.
