I am curious what you were thinking when you wrote this response. Do you think yourself clever, or merely superior?
She beat him up because she considered him a sissy and a whiner, and he was annoying the crap out of her. Her standards, not mine, though these days she’s quite mortified by it. Remember, we were talking about all those pink-dress and Barbie Doll values being ruthlessly imposed on baby boomer kids. Seems she was willing to follow her own instincts, though she also loved Barbies and always projected herself as a future Miss America whenever the pageant came on.
And yeah, getting into physical fights has historically been considered a “boy” thing. I guess you weren’t aware of that.
