I didn't give birth to any girls, so I don't know too many of them that are in their 20s (like my sons). So this is a random, tiny sample.

The girls I do know seem way different than the girl I was. When I was a teenager, you could either be a tomboy or a girly-girl. Everyone wanted me to be a girly-girl, but I was a tomboy through and through. Most of the tomboys I knew were not the most attractive girls, either. But the girls I know today--so many of them athletic and not afraid of sweat--and yet still putting on the make-up and dressing up for the prom. Still interested in the clothes and all that other stuff. But they get their sweat on and compete in sports and I think it's AWESOME.

They're post-Title IX girls, who grew up knowing the sports were there in (somewhat) equal measure, so it's a fact of life for them. I was in junior high when Title IX went into effect. I remember when my cousins played half-court basketball in high school. These girls don't even know half-court existed.

They are SO lucky. (But don't tell Phyllis Schlafley.)

Karen