How much of a sissy were you in school?

[sissystephanie]

Absolutely nothing! That could have gotten you brutally beaten up or even killed! I grew up in the late 1940 and early 1950s and you just didn't display anything like that. I had enough trouble with red hair and being tall and skinny. I was picked on enough with those issues thank you.

You are right about those times. Being known as a sissy was just asking for trouble. However, I also was a redhead (carrot top!) but large for my age. I was 5' 10" when I started high school and weighed 175, mostly muscle! Unfortunately, I never got over 5" 10"! But I didn't get picked on often, because my father taught me to never lose a fight!! Had a few, but never the same person twice! Even when I was still in grade school I was bigger then most of the lids, so I looked out for the girls and "sissy" boys. Guess I felt a kinship with both!! I was crossdressing even then!

Sissy/Stephanie

Lady on the outside, but man underneath.

[Karren H]

Matter of fact I'm still playing ice hockey twice a week... In a local over 25 league... Me with my fully shaved body... Thin eye brows and my team mates... Bunch of hairy fire fighters and policemen... And no one really cares as long as I can put the puck in the net!! Lol

So obviously equating crossdressing to un-manlyness has has a very low corelation... Imho... Similar in magnitude to crossdressing and being non-hetro... Also imho...

[MJ]

I was just one of the guys at school, no one ever suspected my c/ding!!

I did used to get very envious of the clothes the girls wore though, especially in the last couple of years when some of them started wearing short skirts, tights/hose and tight fitting tops...I started wishing i could be one of them and wear the same!!

i am the same here . i was a book worm i got to stay in during recess and away from the jym room as much as possible .
out of sight out of mind

[Toni_Lynn]

I have to start toff by first stating that I abhor the word s*ssy and refuse to use it to describe myself or others.

That said, I shall answer this as if it asked how girlish were you in school. Well, at 13 I started wearing a training bra (Teencharm and Teenform brand) and panties under my boy's clothes on occasion to school. Did that all through the many purges inflicted when caught at home. When I was in grade 11 I started sneaking into the girls restroom on occasion.

As far as other things .. no sports, but I was in all the plays and musicals and in the choir. I was also in public speaking (National Forensics League) and went on to win several prizes.

Yes, I was known as an odd-ball. But I was used to it

Huggles

Toni-Lynn

[Kayla_CD]

I was not an athelete in school (read as uncoordinated) and I typically had more female friends than male. I just get along easier with girls. Oh, and long hair.

[DonnaT]

I was 5' 10" when I started high school and weighed 175, mostly muscle! Unfortunately, I never got over 5" 10"! But I didn't get picked on often, because my father taught me to never lose a fight!! Had a few, but never the same person twice! .

I was very skinny growing up, so got into a number of fights. You know how it is, people wanting to pick on someone smaller than them. Never had to fight anyone more than once either, as my dad taught me how to fight when I was around 6. We were told never to start a fight, and never lose one either.

Only ever lost to my older brother, as he had me outweighed by 50-100 lbs. Got the best of him once though, using my head, literally, and we never fought again.

I was always into some sport or another, and I was the fastest kid in town in running and swimming. I still swim, but can't run a lick.

I made friends with just about anyone not wanting to prove themselves my better. If anyone wanted to start something with a friend, all he had to do was say I was coming along and the aggressor would go into hiding.

We had a rough high school in WV, lots of fights. No one ever challenged me in school. The girls would come to me on bad days so I could escort them to their lockers. I guess I weighed about 155 then.

Having rep was a good thing, and that rep wasn't sissy.

[gretchenD]

I went through a rough time being called a sissy.Luckily I had my gg friends on my side including my male friends.My male friend saw me as a friend and not a sissy.It got worse when I entered 9th grade and luckily the principal took care of ASAP knowing I was a person and not a "number".

[Laura_Stephens]

When in school I tried to be the opposite of who I am really am. I did every macho thing possible and tried to prove what a manly man I was every single day. Looking back, I do believe that the only person I was fooling was myself.

[danielle_from_cal]

[SIZE=4]I had the great fortune of going straight to university without going to high school, so I never had to shower with high school boys. I have never thought about what a tough thing that would have been. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=4][/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]In school prior to high school, I was one of the "cool" guys. I doubt that anyone would have suspected my desire to dress like the girls or that I wore my mother's and sisters' things at home when nobody was around. [/SIZE]

[Suzy Harrison]

Well I was never interested in sports at school and was no good at it either, because I was so small and spindly. But I wasn't a 'sissy' as far as I can remember.

It wasn't until I was 12 years old that I started to realise there was something wrong with me. Girls at school were developing breasts and wearing make up and I wished I could too... the rest is history I guess.


Suzy

[Samantha B L]

I was an A-1 sissy from First Grade to Senior. I had to have the rules of Baseball and Football explained to me everytime from the time I was 6 to the time I was 18. I still can't remember them. In grade school I used to play sissy card games with my freinds who were all girls at breaktime. You know,Old Maid and Animal Rummy,etc.. When I got to be a couple years older I sometimes wore nerdy sissified clothes to school. I was one of the first kids to wear bell bottums in my Junior High. Did I mention I was fat when I was a kid in school? I wasn't obese bit I was definately about 40 pounds overweight. I had several freinds starting in 8th grade who were part of the cool crowd,hanging out and listening to Led Zeppilin and Grand Funk Railroad. I hung with them a lot but the sissy in me was probably more or less apparant one way or the other. Oh well..........wasn't it Frank Zappa who said on one of his albums "You is what you is"?!

[Angie G]

Nothing In school I was all boy. But after school well that was sometimes girl time.
Angie

[kymmieLorain]

I was a nobody from the auto shop. people in school knew me by my car not by me. I was majorly picked on in Jr High I was just different. No girlfriends but a lot of crushes. I don't know if I was just shy or what. It is where I got my affinity for cheerleaders

Kymmie

[Glenda]

I had a great time in high school. I played football my freshman and sophmore years, basketball, volleyball and track (won district) my freshman year and tennis (won district) all four years. I began playing in a rock band my freshman year in the town next to ours. We played dances on Friday and Saturday nights. After football season my sophmore year, I decided to give up all sports except tennis and devote more of my time to the band. We played high school and college dances ('64 - '68) in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. Twice a week in the school year and about four nights a week in the summer.

The whole town (pop 624) got mad at me for quitting sports because I was one of the best players. Everyone thought I was being selfish and was making a huge mistake. I got kicked out of the Baptist church when I was 16 for playing rock (devil) music and being a bad influence on the other kids in the town. My parents, grandparents, brothers and friends supported my decision and I really didn't think too much about what other people thought. When all was said and done, it didn't matter much anyway because my younger brother got to start instead of me. He developed into a much better athlete than I ever was.

At the end of the day, I remained popular and respected. We developed into a really good band and were in great demand. By then the people in town (except the preacher - his name was Brother Looney, by the way) were proud of me because we were such a well known band. We were featured on TV a couple of times and were the opening act for the local TV station for the March of Dimes telethon my junior and senior years of high school.

My parents provided great support but my Dad would not let me shirk my duties. Wherever we played, I had to be back by sunrise and ready to hit the fields. Since I didn't have to practice sports after school, my Dad thought I should work the farm after school. I didn't mind though. It wasn't the practice after school that I didn't like. I just didn't want to give up a chance to play a dance because of a football or basketball game. And I loved farming.

So no, I wasn't a sissy. I was ostracised for a time but was able to win back their respect. I was always different and never thought the same way that all of my friends did. But they are still lifelong friends that I really enjoy seeing when I go back to visit.

[goofus]

Through High School..... I was into all the sports big time... Hockey, football (made the all county team and invited to tryout for a couple jr colleges)... Track, crosscountry.. Basketball., bowling... Tennis... Swimming.... Yet I wasn't a "jock". Didn't hang with those guys... I was everyones friend... I would help anyone..

I was into science and math... I was in Future Farmers of America... And could plow and plant and disk with the best of them... I had girlfriends out the wazoo.... I played guitar in a couple local bands... I worked as an auto mechanic at the local gas station.. I could fix anything... I owned a cycle and used to ride with a local bike club...

And I loved to dress like a chick!! Complicated?? Hahaha.

No one can ever accuse you of being uncomplicated Karren

[Sylviatg]

Wore my hair long and curly, carried an urban shoulder bag. Painted my nails. Wore pantyhose, heels and camis. Didn't play sports. liked guys, sorry!

[Edwina]

Oh dear, that was so long ago that I can't really remember.
I do recall though, that I was called a sissy quite a lot and I couldn't understand why as in my mind I was a boy even though I had tried on some of my Mom's things occasionally.


Edwina

[emmicd]

I always excelled in sports.

I liked baseball and cross country.

I was never a sissy and never wish to be one.

I don't think many crossdressers are sissies.

I just like wearing girls clothes.

Thats it!

I am a guy and I'm very sportsminded and competitive.

[goofus]

I'd say I was some sort of hybrid between sissy and manly ... sorta like I am now!
Actually, my first memory of wanting to wear a dress was when I was around 6 or 7. My step-sister actually let me try on every one of her dresses . But then shortly thereafter I learned that that wasn't something I was supposed to want to do so I suppressed it and pursued only 'guy' stuff (I don't think it would have gone over well in my house had I continued to pursue 'girlish' things). So I think partly I wanted to please my mom, stepdad, dad, grandparents, etc. But then puberty hit and that changed everything - suddenly my hormones were raging and dressing was a sexual thing - which it still can be sometimes

[alyssalove56]

I was called a sissy so often!
I am a sissy.
I'm proud of it.

[CD Susan]

Actually I hated high school. This was about the time that I discovered that I was different from the other guys and I did not want to be the macho type that was so prevelent back in the 60's. I was a loner and didn't care that I was. I knew that I was different from the other guys and felt good that I was. I always hated the way the guys would put down any lifestyle that was not considered 'normal' back in those days. I still feel this way but back then it had a big impact on my life. I could not understand why anyone would feel negatively about someone elses sexual preferences or the fact that they wanted to dress differently from everyone else. Of course a lot has changed over the years but I still do not understand why cd is looked down on by society. After all it is just about clothing and not like we are doing harm to any one else. Things have changed for the better for us over the years but we still have a long ways to go before we are accepted in society. This is so sad. I only hope that someday we will be accepted and this will be a normal part of society.

[LilSissyStevie]

When I was in elementary school, my sister took ballet lessons. My Mom decided that if I also took lessons she wouldn't have to watch me during that time. So, she talked me into joining the class. Ballet class was immediately after school, so I used to wear my leotard and tights under my regular clothes. I didn't want to carry them around with me because kids would ask me what was in the bag. But they soon found out anyway. I never heard the end of that until we moved away when I was in the sixth grade. I got called fag, queer, sissy-boy, girl, and etc. When I walked by, the other kids would make ballet gestures and laugh at me. I got into a lot of fights but was usually on the losing end because I "hit like a girl." Needless to say, I was not very popular in elementary school. I didn't like them either.

In junior high I gravitated toward the badass crowd. I greased my hair, wore a leather jacket and carried a switch blade. I got into a LOT of trouble at school and with the law. I got into fights all the time which I usually lost because I still hit like a girl. But I gained a reputation for being able to take a beating like no one else. People didn't want to fight me because I wouldn't give up even when it was hopeless. But, being a tough guy wasn't my calling.

High school was a blur of drugs and alcohol and I didn't go to school very much. Still, I was one of the first--this was in the 60's--to grow my hair long and pierce my ear. I didn't wear girls clothing (in public) but my guy clothes were kind of flamboyant and tended toward unisex. I wore lots of jewelry. I was very vain about my hair and even got my sister to curl it for me so the waves would be just right. Girls would always complement me on my beautiful long hair. Just like in elementary school, I got called a fag, queer, "looks like a girl" and etc but now it was by my former greaser friends. It didn't help that I had no interest in any guy stuff. I didn't do sports or care about cars. I didn't date much because girls always interfered with my drinking and drugging. I liked folk music, forchristsake!

In those days, I thought I was probably gay. I knew I was a sissy. Now I embrace sissyness. I'm neither man nor woman; I'm a sissy, a poufbunny (I love that term.) I still hit like a girl and that's the reason for the 12 gauge.

[Bobsie]

I was sent to an all-boys school, one of the last of its kind, in England. The culture there embraced corporal punishment, cold showers, roofless toilets in the rain and cold, compulsory rugby football which was an excuse to beat up the weaker boys, like me, under the sanction of the teachers, who all seemed to find sadism rather amusing. Any overt show of effeminacy would have been suicidal. There was also a thriving homosexual subculture, and those too weak to resist or too slow to run were regularly raped in the subterranean bunkers which were the remains of air-raid shelters from WW2. I learned to run fast!

To survive, I had to drive my effeminate nature deep into a repressed state, from which I don't think I ever allowed it to fully emerge until as recently as this year! Of course, now I have finally understand that I "should" have been a girl. Given daily interaction with girls during those formative years I believe I might have recognized that I belonged among them.

[annabellesmooth]

going to an all boys school in a working class area
being cought kissing another boy was not good 14yo at the time,
an not a good fighter or runner it was also not good
but we grow from the experance, im a better person from the experance
an much more tollerant to all typs
lol to all

[Ann D Bluebird]

At secondary school (single sex) I was a non sporty, non "cadet force", quiet and bookish, and not a fighter. So I was picked on a bit at times....maybe I would have been more exposed to that if I didn't have my father on the school staff.

Primary school age...well there was a picture of me blowing dandelion "parachutes" here.....not so very macho of me eh? )