Liking things not intented for your age/gender

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Okay, I like LEGO Bionicles which are intended for boys, around 10 years of age. Is it strange for a 16 year old girl like me to like Bionicles?

Not strange at all.

I think I had a desire to do things not intended for my peer group just so I had an excuse to not fit in. "I don't like to play Barbie's"... and then the pressure was on the other little girl to think Barbie's were gay too. 'Cause they are. Duh.

I always made my mom ask for the "boy" toy in the McDonald's happy meals, when they had the choice between the Hot Wheels cars or the mini Barbie's.

Even now I shy away from mainstream interests of people of the same age/gender as myself. I guess it's a good way to mask the fact that if I did have the same interests, those people still wouldn't want anything to do with me.

I like the Star Trek cartoons (Yes I purchased the DVDs) along with the animated Planet of the Apes cartoon series.

I want to get that 150 in 1 electronics kit from Radio Shack because I always did have kind of an interest in electronics. Kind of strange though that I like this and have no interest in auto repair or house maintenance. That's the kid in me.

The adult in me motivates me to keep on working towards growing professionally in my field(accounting).

No one has ever teased me about liking Bionicle, it just seems strange to me that I like it. And I've been collecting them for years.

Our cultural standard is a little slanted. It's perfectly okay for girls to like boy things; the problem is when boys like girl things. Then parents freak out and think something is wrong with their son.

Who cares?

I like videogames and bad anime.
I'm obsessed with enjoying things like chocolate chip cookies, ice-cream and fancy desserts; especially ice-cream. . . any time is a good time for ice-cream.

. . . and Magic the Gathering.
. . .and enjoyed the Pokémon cards for a short while.

I'm a graduate student. I spend most of my days at an office; in suit and tie. . .

i like video games, i played with the girl toys as a kid. the books i choose to read were considered "to old for me" by some. eg when i was in an english class in the library when we had to pick out a book to read, i picked out Old man and the sea by hemmingway don't know why. didn't finish it.

now i like books written for older teens like the ones written by John Marsden (aussie author) eg the Tommorow Series (that was cool)

and i agree with the whole boys liking girl toys or girls liking boys toys thing. totally lame.

The gender thing is only unusual because kids are still socialized early on to like gender specific toys. Some parents don't even realize their subtle influence of what they are and aren't encouraging when their children are young (infants even). Society starting with parents still train girls to be girly and boys to be macho. I agree that tomboys are much more accepted in general than a boy who even wants a human doll that's not an action figure. It's really sad too because both boy and girl babies are the most drawn to human faces and dolls are naturally the first thing they would pick. However, boys don't get a very rewarding reaction from adults when they choose dolls, so they learn to dislike them. That's a time when they can learn how to be nurturing and interested in people, but their dads would much rather them learn how to throw a punch because they mistakenly think how a person plays as a kid has everything to do with their future sexual orientation. Though it's not as bad with girls, many are still taught to only like girly stuff and pink. There are so many brilliant colors, and what do little girls get stuck with 90% of the time?

Though it's not that unusual for a girl to like boy things, I think Aspies may be a little bit harder to socialize in the normal way because we're somewhat limited in connecting to other people and understanding our roles. We're not always interested in the things that we're supposed to be interested in. That includes age as well as gender. I've always thought my mind and interests were much more like those of a very intelligent little boy than a grown woman (apart from the fact that I'm heterosexual). It does make it hard figuring where you fit in this world, but don't let it discourage you from being yourself.

I'm a girl, I'm nearly 18 and I like Captain Underpants

I used to love playing with my sister's Sky Dancers when I was about 12 years old(I'm a male). They'd spin arond while in the air and it was interesting to see them fly. They'd keep me entertained for hours at a time.

-I prefer romantic serious anime to other genres. I hate action for the most part.
-I can't stand blood or gore, even in most video games or horror movies.
-I like to cook and clean
-I hate lesians as entertainment( if you watch anime you know what I mean) man everytime I hear a guy say "its hot to watch girls kiss" I just want to punch him in the face.