I think that poses an interesting question. I remember practicing handwriting exercises with boys and girls using the same books and examples, but there does seem to be some difference between handwriting styles. Obviously, it is not a fixed thing, with lots of exceptions, but still something that people notice. Does anyone have any expertise on why that would be?
FYI, I was obsessed with Charles L Dodgson as a teenager, to the point of spending about a year carefully copying his handwritten notes and letters, so that I could write comfortably and convincingly like CLD. I have kept it up, and added some elements of my own style, but my handwriting is still recognizably 1850s Oxford.
