Patient voices

Tomgirl and tomboy: Rethinking gender stereotypes

One night my godson seeming anxious came to me and asked if there was such a thing as a “TomGirl”? He coined a term that addresses so many issues of our time. Questions about gender stereotypes and the negative idea…

One night my godson seeming anxious came to me and asked if there was such a thing as a “TomGirl”?  He coined a term that addresses so many issues of our time.  Questions about gender stereotypes and the negative idea of the word feminine.  A few years back, based on this incident, I wrote a picture book about a little boy who likes to knit and sew.  It is based …

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Tomgirl and tomboy: Rethinking gender stereotypes