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HOLLY MIRANDA SMALE

Writer, photographer, "rapper" and general technophobe takes on the internet in what could be a very, very messy fight. But it's alright: she's harder than she looks, and she's wearing every single ring she could get her hands on.







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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

What boys have

A friend just emailed me. This morning, she had a pivotal conversation with her two year old son.

"Tom's boobs," he stated over breakfast, pointing at her chest (Freud would have a field day). 
"No," Julie corrected him. "Mummy's boobs. Girls have boobs, Tom."
"Girls have boobs," he repeated seriously. 
"So if girls have boobs," my friend asked, "what do boys have?"
"Bikes," Tom answered.

A pretty succinct appraisal of the gender divide, I'd say.