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I'm an only child, so I never had sisters to tell me what I should like based on my gender. I liked what the boys were doing and thought: 'Why let them have all the fun?'

— Rhianna Pratchett

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I had always been a really peculiar child. My mom would tell you I grew up roughing it with the boys and playing with action figures and toy cars and stuff, but I also had an Easy Bake Oven... I find it amazing that in a really weird way, people are mad that they can't figure out my gender.

— Shamir

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.

— Jane Lynch

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters.

— Michael Keaton

I grew up with a lot of brothers, and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.

— Mickalene Thomas

When I first knew I was having children, I thought I wanted boys, but then I thought I'd be better with girls. I'm quite sensitive, and you get more cuddles with girls. And they like their dads.

— Kelly Jones

I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.

— Hayden Christensen

I could do whatever I wanted as a girl, whatever my brother did. I could play against the boys and achieve whatever they did.

— Elena Delle Donne

✗Opposing Perspectives

I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes.

— Blake Lively

I have six sisters, so I assumed I'd have a girl. Learning I was having a boy was really weird.

— Melissa Joan Hart

You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl.

— Kyra Sedgwick