When I was in preschool I asked my mother what feminine meant. She replied - the things that make you girly, like your long curly hair. I became convinced that girls with short hair were boys and girls with medium length hair were girl-boys, or somewhere inbetween!
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- Bread crusts make your hair go curly— bowlax
- i used to think that bread crust would make my hair curlyAnon
- i used to believe if i ate the crust of bread it would make my hair curly— kate
- I used to believe eating the crusts from sandwiches would make my hair curly.Anon
- I used to think that bleaching your hair meant washing your hair with toilet bleach.Anon