In addition to this, my experience growing up as a girl was affected in that many people ascribed me to one specific stereotype for young girls; small, physically weak, lover of all things pink and frilly. It can be said that I was all of these things as a child (although I described myself as "tomboy" for a few years); i liked pink and dress up, and there is nothing wrong with identifying with them. The problem arose when I had to be that exclusively; I couldn't like Pokemon or wrestling, that's for boys. Additionally, kids at school loved to use the phrase "you hit like a girl". They automatically equated being a girl to being weak, and young boys who got picked on were often mockingly called feminine names or said to like traditionally feminine things. In the context of cultural lens, My privilege as a majority in most categories has caused me to look at conditions like poverty, bankruptcy and racism with feelings of pity; but I can often feel a disconnect between me and the people affected. I have never had to worry about remotely similar to these situations, and therefore I find it difficult to connect to people who have, despite my desire to. Being a girl, however, has allowed me to experience a minute amount of the discrimination that minorities must face every day.