Are Techy Toys Just For Boys? Say it ain't so! I have to give credit to fellow Rainer Alan May for inspiring this post (he's been my muse on more than one occasion). Recently, Alan made a comment.... 'you know boys love their toys.' Well... my testosterone driven friend, thanks for indulging me in thought on that one... it just so happens girls like boy's toys too!
It all started 45 years ago, when my brother got a packet of army men for Christmas... I was jealous. I wanted to play with those little green men and their bazookas, but noooooo, gender bias had already kicked in and my mother bought me a doll instead. That didn't stop me... I found a pretty place to lay her head while I suited up in my imaginary fatigues and did bazooka battle with my brother. Those were the days.
As our toys became more sophisticated, Barbie took a permanent back seat to my fascination for building houses with Lincoln Logs. Clearly, I skipped to the beat of a different drummer and felt called for something greater than dress-up and dolls. With no daddy at home, I learned to tinker with things, becoming very resourceful with my bag of tools toys.
Fast forward 21st Century... many of my colleagues ask 'who' my tech person is when it comes to networking my office computers, printer and scanner. I always get a surprised grin when I tell them it's me ;-) I suppose my early days of being a mortician, coupled with my curiosity for dissecting things, has led to my insatiable appetite for discovery. Perhaps there's a tom-boy hidden in every one of us ;-) Just sayin'... ALMAY!
Are 'Techy' Toys Just For Boys? - Mel Peterson
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