I Was Really Lucky That

It's Partly Because Our Culture So Hyper-sexualizes Females That If You Don't Measure Up To Whatever We're Forced To Think Is The Standard, Then You Feel Inadequate.

We Are In Effect Enculturating Kids From The Very Beginning To See Women And Girls As Not Taking Up Half Of The Space.

My Sons Last Summer, They Won A Trophy From Their Surfing Camp And They Came Home And Went Right Over To The Shelf And Put It Up Next To My Oscar. That's Where We Put Our Trophies.

I Got Cast Playing The Best Baseball Player Anybody's Ever Seen. I Don't Know How To Play Any Sport, Including Baseball, But I Trained Really Hard. They Had These Great Coaches, And They Started Saying, "wow, You Have Some Like Really Untapped Athletic Ability."

If We Show Fictional Characters Doing Cool Stuff, Then Girls Will Want To Be It In Real Life.