Childhood gender survey kings college

I've done it now. Some things are age related. I would have got short shrift if I'd asked for a pink sparkly dress instead of practical clothes. Likewise playing with make up. My mum had a powder compact and a lipstick but they were definitely not for playing with. Realised how much has changed.

Mitebite Your daughter sounds great. I realise that there are so many pressures on children now to question their gender but am sure your support and acceptance will be a huge help to her.

Some of the questions were weird/hard to answer. I didn't know as a child you could "change your sex" with an operation. Or change your gender either. Despite reading every Famous Five book. I don't think I even knew the word gender. And my "gender" wasn't shoved down my throat either as my mother didn't buy dresses and stuff like that for me, she bought tracksuits and boys shoes because I wouldn't wear the girls ones, and I wouldn't wear jewellery or stuff in my hair. I probably would have as an older child as I went to an all girls' school and I remember wanting to look more like the other girls. Traditional women's tasks at home fell to my older sister but recently she said she used to offer because she hated being outside. I think I preferred being outside.

The whole thing is so fucked up.

I've *just completed it

I've yet to completed it, it does really make me worry about DD. She is the very definition of a 'tomboy'. Long hair but plaits it and tucks it under a baseball cap, wears shorts and trainers everyday, rides her bike everywhere, climbs trees and is constantly filthy. All her friends are boys too. She's only 12 but I can forsee in a few years time the problems this could cause.

I think I'm arming her with the right skills, and the right language to be able to assert herself, but it frightens me that there are people with an agenda who might try to influence her otherwise. Call me paranoid, but I've seen far too much of it to believe it couldn't happen.

Done it. Yes I liked playing football and wearing shorts. No I didn’t want a willy.

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/childgender5 This link seems to work.

Completed it. It has really highlighted how childhood and children’s toys and clothes are so gendered now - it never crossed my mind that i wasn’t feminine enough or that I considered that I was the wrong gender.

Surveymonkey allows you to have different URLs to access the survey that can be opened or closed independently. It's difficult not to wonder whether they closed the one posted on Mumsnet on purpose.... If I was a kid now I'd be one of the stunning and brave (unless that only applies to males) but as I've grown out of it, that now makes me a bigot and a transphobe so wondering whether my views are not welcome

I thought it was closed too at 5pm, but if you google "Childhood gender survey kings college" and then follow the link for "Childhood Experiences Questionnaire: etc. you should get in. I think I've posted a picture of the link. It really made me think about my childhood and growing up.

The survey is closed

Ha I struggled with the first question
What sex were you assigned at birth ?

I hope lots of women who were tomboys complete it

So many of us (previous) tomboys appear to be vehemently opposed to the transing of kids because we know that would have been us had we been born a few decades later. It's great that someone is interested in researching our lived experience and surely our lives and outcomes are as valid as the lived experience of an adult trans person? If any other condition was being researched and treated, it would not be normal to focus on the more extreme cases and assume that will be the outcome for everyone.

There is the option on the survey to leave an email address to complete a second more in depth part in a few days time which I've signed up to.

Interesting survey - I hope lots of women who were tomboys complete it.