When you grew up, did you want to have a career in something feminine?

[brassieres]

One of the things among others when I was just a kid was that I wanted to do ballet. There were advertisements on TV that you didn't have to be a girl to be a dancer, but I liked it none the less. How about you?

[Deedee Skyblue]

I wanted to be Tom Swift, Jr.

Deedee

[lingerieLiz]

I wanted to be a housewife like on TV

[Girl]

I wanted to be a ballerina, a bridesmaid, a bride and a princess. :) (Not sure if they count as careers.;))

[Lynn Marie]

I wanted to be a commercial pilot like John Wayne in "The High and the Mighty". Needing eyeglasses in junior high school pretty much dashed those hopes and I never really came up with an alternative idea. Fifty years or so later, I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up! Had great fun getting here though.

[silkiehosewearer]

I wanted to be a secretary like my mom or teacher.

[Sarah Beth]

I wanted to be veterinarian for a long time. But then I found out I was very allergic to all sorts of animal dander and couldn't be around them. At that time you didn't see a lot of women who were vets.

[Michelle_Phoenix]

I would love to be a history, math, or art teacher. I loved learning and I wanna help kids enjoy learning as well.

[Marcelle]

Not what society sees as a stereotypical feminine job but then again is there really such a thing? There are lots of male ballet dancers, teachers, nurses just like there are lots of female police officers, firefighters, soldiers etc.

I wanted to be a soldier the moment I saw my father's military uniforms and that can still be considered a feminine style job just not in the stereotypical sense . . . so yes IMHO :)

Hugs

Isha

[GaleWarning]

I am a teacher .... but my role models were all the male teachers I had at high school.

[stephNE]

I don't know yet. I'll be sure to post whenever I do grow up.

[suzy1]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot…….well there are woman fighter pilots!:straightface:

[rocval2001]

Sort of - I wanted to work in a office setting - Which is what I am doing - a job that could go either way.

[strugl]

I've always been great at house chores and shopping and wanted to do the stay at home thing. My wife is a teacher so doesn't make enough for that to be possible unfortunately, but maybe in the future we can get to that point.

[LadyInRed]

when growing up, I wanted to be a Chef... but I was under the impression all the great chefs were men

[Beverley Sims]

I worked as a SA in kitchn Hardware for about a month, and as I wanted to open up a drapery and clothing store when I "grew up",
I worked for a couple of months in Ladies Lingerie.
I spent nearly all my earnings there on staff discounts. :)

It was an interesting situation to be in, I can tell you.

[Katey888]

Not really - Like Suzy I wanted to be a pilot but ironically I was turned off joining the RAF when I interviewed and was subjected to a video of pilots learning to press uniforms (it's ironic because I like ironing now, I find it cathartic. ?:heehee:) - although I still like uniforms... and, obviously, women in uniform... maybe that's a new CD genre...
I ended up in high-tech marketing - ho-hum...
Kx

[Amanda M]

I wanted to be an Officer on one of Her Majesty's ships - but I couldn't see well enough. I then wanted to be an Officer in one of the Army's more fashionable regiments, the Royal Scots Greys - until the Brigadier who was interviewing me asked the question "Do you have a private income, old chap." He did not seem to impressed when I told him the family did - my Mum's Widows Pension. So that was that. I said sod it and went off to be a dustman.

[CDPheobe]

I didnt. I grew up afraid somebody would find out. Had I known it would be a pretty much open topic of discussion when my SO first asked me, I would have told her right away, or been dresssed when her and I first hung out for dinner with the kids. Lol. But it being opposite, she asked me what my fetish was. Lucky me.

[Karren H]

Nope. I always wanted to be an engineer and I are one.....

[Gillian Gigs]

I worked in social services jobs for nearly 10 years after having gone to college. The program in college was tailored toward working in social services. Most of my work time was spent working with disturbed children between 10 and 15 years of age. The gender split in the workplace was usually well in the favor of me working along side women.

[Deedee Skyblue]

Nope. I always wanted to be an engineer and I are one.....

Easy to tell by your grammer.... er grammar! Deedee :also a engineer too as well:

[Tallulah Rose]

Always wanted to be a professional dancer - tap and ballet. :daydreaming:

[Lorileah]

I wanted to be veterinarian for a long time.

Been there done that for almost 30 years. My profession is now more than 50% female. Don't have a clue what else I would have done



I worked for a couple of months in Ladies Lingerie.


never throw me a straight line like that again :)

[Cindy CA]

When I was growing up, all the careers I wanted were nothing close to feminine. The closest thought I had was wanting to be passable enough to work in a women’s clothing or lingerie shop as a woman.

Hmmm, look at that none of my male or female childhood aspirations came true. Life is funny that way don't you think?

[Valarie]

when growing up, I wanted to be a Chef... but I was under the impression all the great chefs were men

I did too, I was going the apprentice route. All the female chefs I know are tough as nails, it is a really male driven competitive world, I think that's why I grew tired of it and went back to school. I just wanted to be creative. ;)

[RADER]

I saw my dad building houses, and the people who moved in them making it their Home.
At this time of the season with all the decorations and the tree in the window, the fact
that "MY DAD" built the home they where in.
So I also became a Carpenter, I built about 3 times the houses he did, with new ways of
construction, the introduction of the pneumatic nailer, and pre-fab roof trusses, I as a Foreman
turned over a completed house at the rate of 5 a week. My Dad was Lucky to do 4 a Month.
So I became a Carpenter, and in my waning years, I gave up running work to building'
radius stairs and high end trim.
Rader

[STACY B]

I wanted to be a secrete shopper ,,lol,,, Naaaaa jus kidding ,, I wanted to be a Lady PIRATE ,,, lol,,,,

[Stephanie47]

OK, I'm going to read the question differently. When I grew up (like right now) I want to be a cocktail waitress in a classy bar or restaurant. Like-wearing sexy dresses, hosiery and heels.

[JenniferLynn0370]

I wanted to be just like my mother; I wanted to be a secretary, a mother, and a woman with a kind and beautiful soul!

[Katherine L.]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but poor eyesight ended that dream.

[Kate Simmons]

I wanted to be a female spy for the CIA a la the Black Widow in "The Avengers". :)

[Aprilrain]

i wanted to be an architect (pronounced, arch-it-tect) now I'm an unemployed commercial pilot, which automatically makes me a "stay at home mom"

[brassieres]

I do find it interesting that most of you all wanted to into men like professions! Truth be told, besides ballet, I wanted to be a singer, a fireman among other thing...

[Karen__Starr]

I found a decent job with Bloomingdales doing window treatments for eight years but after that much time knew I needed a higher paying job. It was great while it lasted thou. I never truly was set on something really feminine only career.

[Karen kc]

No, every thing I did then and do now, I just wanted to dress feminine, BUT, I havent grown up yet!

[valerieg]

I wanted to be Della Street. Then I wanted to be Gidget (no job, but "oh well").

[Robbiegirl]

I wanted to be an airline stewardace Loved the suits and heels

[alexis61]

I wanted to work in the cosmetics section at Macy's.

[joank]

I wanted to 'cowboy'-did it; drive a big rig-did it ; and be a teacher- did it (for 39 years). All jobs could be done by M or F.

[MissTee]

Not me. Heavy equipment mechanic, then special ops soldier turned engineer. My vocation is pure testosterone driven .

[Stephanie Julianna]

I wanted to be a nurse like my big sister. After a turn as a carpenter framing homes, a district manager for CVS, health and beauty aids buyer and head of Pharmacy for Shoprite in New England I quit my job. I returned to college for a second degree and at 45 I got by RN in '94. Dreams do come true.

[Kagji]

Actually, I've wanted to be a Scout Sniper in the United States Marine Corps since I was 4. If I didn't have a chronic condition in my knees that makes it very painful to do the kind of rigorous physical tasks that entails I'd have already enlisted.

[ICU Nurse]

Nope I wanted to fly jets for the navy. That wasn't going to happen, so I thought about engineering or law.

Ended up in sales and while it was fun, it wasn't for me.

Went into nursing just for job security without the thought of it being a traditionally feminine job. My approach to it is more masculine (I'm a bit paternal with patients, often the muscle on my unit, hair on fire adrenaline junkie, etc) and I've never been happier at a job.

I don't think the perceived femininity of nursing has anything to do with the love I have for my work.

[Laura J]

Mostly wanted to be an inventor or something. Ended up as an Engineer...

[Mags]

I think I would like to be a air hostest, get to wear a pretty uniform and get to travel the world.

[Jenniferpl]

Bra fitter for Victoria's Secrets

[KristyE]

When I grew up I wanted to be Janis Joplin. At 57 I should start trying a little harder.
Love KristyE

( " If you haven't grown up by the time you reach 50, you don't have to " )

[CD Tammy]

I wanted to be a US Army officer. I love how professional the women's Class A uniform looks. I did become an officer but as a male. Over the years of my career I did manage to get a female dress uniform. Of course, since that was before Al Gore invented the internet, I was still thinking I was one of the few on the planet that enjoyed cross dressing.

[adrienner99]

I wanted to be an explorer, a football player, and later on, a dress designer...

[Ellie52]

I wanted to be a soccer coach for the ladies soccer team but I ended up as an engineer. I still dream of coaching the ladies soccer though. The after match de- briefings would be awesome......Ellie

[effemin8]

I once managed to get a part time job as a chambermaid on a USAF base in the UK. The uniform included a tabard with my name and job title embroidered on it.I was in heaven and stayed in the job for nearly two years and only left when the base closed. I have tried to get a similar job since but no luck.

[LaraPeterson]

I just wanted to be a girl

[Judith96a]

Nope. I always wanted to be an engineer and I are one.....

SNAP - but my fantasy was always to be the busty, sexy variety!

[Cheryl T]

I just wanted to be a girl....the career was secondary.

[BillieJoEllen]

When I was in my first year of college I did do something feminine while working at a department store over the month of December. I worked in the store's photo studio. The first three or four hours just about every night I would be gathering specified items of clothing and taking them to the models. I would often see the models in various forms of undress. (Never completely naked). Being a young CDer my mind was in super hyper intergalactic overdrive. I especially loved the nights I'd either have to take lingerie out of stock or off the shelves and present these items to the models. The men would have their photo shoots during the day. I felt it a lost night when they weren't photographing. Remember, this was the late 60s when women wore some really super feminine stuff.

[CynthiaD]

I wanted to be a scientist, like Madam Curie, or a mathematician like Emmy Noether. I got my wish (in a much more modest way.)

[Annaliese]

Had a hard time in school, just want to get through it, became a mechanic then service manger by 22, hurt my back at 36 went to school not my choose push into by my wife. Found I liked it, became a math teacher at a university.

[Sarasometimes]

Nope. I always wanted to be an engineer and I are one.....

I think you missed your calling... English Teacher all da weigh, like me!

Actually I wanted to be a hairdresser or a firefighter, two closely related careers. I have over the course of time, managed to do both. But I really missed being in cosmetology class in highschool, with all the girls in their short white uniforms dresses and duty shoes. One year a male took it an he wore a white barber's jacket and white pants with sneakers...cheater.

[Eryn]

I'm surprised, considering the average age of this group, that nobody said "Astronaut!" Of course, the path to that is via military aviation and eyesight nixed that for me. After that, engineering wasn't such a bad plan B.

Speaking of ballet, my daughter took ballet lessons for several years and I think the happiest people at the school were the male dancers. They tended to get a lot of attention and they weren't subject to the vicious competition for the good parts that the females were. Yes, they probably took some guff from their peers, but the obvious advantage of their being surrounded by women while the football jocks competed for a few cheerleaders would salve that pain.

[Sarah V]

Pretty much wanted to be a (medical) doctor while growing up, but that never had any TG connotations. It was just what I wanted to be. Well didn't become a doctor, but did become an engineer that builds lots of medical facilities--so I am close. While I found and fell in love with ballet as an adult (and most certainly as a TG woman as well) I never once as a little boy dreamed growing up of becoming a ballerina or anything like that.

Just for the record, while growing up as a little boy, on the other hand, I certainly did not ever want to or express any desire to be a sports player (I detest most pro sports or what big time college ball sports is all about), and I never considered or had an interest in being a policeman, (generic) soldier, fireman or astronaut---no of the typical normal little boy want to grow up being jobs. So I do wonder if something inside me was naturally setting me up for being the femme person I am today.

[chessdragon]

I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was really little. However, about a year after that I wanted to be a psychologist like my mom for most of my childhood.

[Sarah21]

I wanted to be a Princess.
It hasn't happened yet.

I blame the Disney Movies.

[Jorja]

I wanted to be a transsexual woman and have to fight for every little thing I got in life but I settled on being an architect.

[the butcher]

I always want to do hair all the girl talk and playing with hair and makeup is great. I have cut hair at home but wasn't what I wanted. I wanted the chair curlers all the stuff I still enjoy cutting hair

[CCFiorella]

Hairstylist, but I was not allowed to, even though I asked. My grandfather was footing some of teh bill for college, so I settled for Art Teacher. Now, after 25 years, I would like to do something different... like teach in a college LOL, or do hair.

[grace7777]

As a child there was never one career that I always wanted to go into. I would always be changing my mind. In high school I took an accounting course and decided to be an accountant, which is the profession that I now am in, and have been in for many years.

I now find that approximately 60% of accountants in the United States are women. I think if you looked at accounting departments as a whole and included clerical positions you would find that the percentage of women is a lot higher. So as it turns out I am in a female profession.

[Billiejosehine]

As a young child that I never gave it much thought about what it wanted be when I grew up. I just chose a job as a mechanic because that was what my dad did. In my teens I began to have an interest in being a architect. But in the end I got a job as a behaviorist where it is dominated by women.

[olivia.glossing]

I never had a specific job in mind, but I always knew I wanted to be successful enough to be able to afford the women's clothes I wanted. Even today that desire drives me more than having a nice house, nice car, etc., even though those things are far more expensive than clothes.

[Janine cd]

I wanted to be an opera soprano and also a teacher like the female teachers I had in elementary school. As it turned out, I became a high school teacher and still have a love for opera but never got to sing.

[Dana L]

Never remember wanting to be anything when I was growing up. But now after almost thirty years in the trades my knees won't take much more and carpal tunnel has taken its toll on my hands. Going in for surgery for my hands but they said I need to find a different type of work. I've colored my wife's and my daughters hair so much I'm actually very good at it. When I go in for my hair, nail or pedi appointments I've often thought how nice it would be to work in a salon. So someday I'm going to go back to school for cosmetology and hair stylist. With a career like this maybe I'll be able to let the fem me out gradually.

[Diana1469]

I wanted to be a stewardess(mid-1960s). I loved their uniforms!

[Valerie1973]

Just when I was dressed I wished I was a girl and I'd fantasize about becoming an actress or working in a boutique. I was in love with the mail lady we had. I just loved her uniform, a skirt and black tights. Also, working in an office like the movie "Working Girl".

[Swottie]

Curiously, out of all the careers choices I've toyed with in my head during school days, I never thought of choosing one over another because of the gender stereotype of them.

At one point as a teen, I thought being a hair dresser would be a good career. I think I might have naively thought it was good money lol. Then I fancied being a fashion designer, again, I can't really remember why. Anyway, ended up as a software developer which my heart was never truly in. But since starting part-time business in wedding photography, now I fancy learning to be a makeup artist.

In theory, there's no reason why I can't become any of those if I really want to. All I have to do is choose one and put my mind to it, and that, is where the problem lies, I can never make up my mind.

Now, if I'm honest with myself, I really fancy starting a business in image/fashion/beauty catering for the TG community, basically a business to help fellow sisters look great.

[Allison Quinn]

I've never labeled any jobs and Men's work or Women's work so no. I think there is no reason to label that.

I went from wanting to be a pilot, to being a hair stylist or makeup artist, to computer programing to video game design and I stopped at nursing. To me it is not feminine or masculine it is just doing something that you legitimately love doing.

I love helping people and have seen great men and women nurses (same with doctors, hair stylists, programmers, video game designers and pilots!)
My sister is even an EMS responder and has dealt with some serious stuff. Maybe my view on it is skewed though because I grew up in a family where no one was really told they should or shouldn't do something based off their gender :3 My dad never stopped my sisters from doing something because it wasn't girly he just wanted us to do what we wanted to do! My parents encouraged us as well because they KNOW that we can and will be what we want :3

[Sarah_the_Vixen]

I wanted to be US Army Special Forces, or a US Navy SEAL. Do to vision loss at birth, I can't even enlist. Now I'm seeking a BA in History (Focus on Military History), hoping to teach at a community college. I figure, if I can't fight, I'll dedicate my life to remembering all those who did.

[Zylia]

I wanted to be a female spy for the [-] CIA [/-] SHIELD a la the Black Widow in "The Avengers". :)

FTFY :D

I always wanted to be a comic artist, so artistic/creative, but pretty much a male dominated profession. I still like to draw/write and I read a lot of comics.

[5150 Girl]

I wanted to be Cathrine Bach's stunt double in the Dukes of Hazard series. To bad the show was off the air long before I was old enough to even think about it

[Jonithan]

Col. Wilma Deering. From Buck Rogers. Then later in my youth I just wanted to be left alone, so forest ranger. In my teens I helped my cousin do inventory at Nordstrom's, she worked in the lingerie dept. Cocktail hostess at one of the casinos. I wanted to change light bulbs at Disneyland....none of these happened.

....Now, I wear gloves and handle some pretty nasty stuff.

Joni

[FemmeElastique]

I used to always joke with one of my best friend when we were younger that I wanted to work in the cosmetics department at a department store that was near my parents house growing up. But when I was younger, I never wanted to be anything particularly feminine or masculine. I knew I wanted to be a professional in a corporation, like I do now :)

[JulianneXD]

I've given some thought to wanting to be in a traditional woman's job,but unfortunately the best I can do is underdress.

[Trisha91]

A yoga instructor.

[tiffanynjcd24]

I thought about being a make up artist or hair stylist. But i chose i.t. as a career field

[Adriana Moretti]

i have not grown up yet.....when I do....you will be the first to know

[FairyLink]

I did not.

[Nikki 1984]

For me it was to be an Archetech. Wasn't good enough with math. Now if I had a dream job and had money off to the side, it would be my own Jewelry store.

Take it easy, Nikki