I Didn't Ask To Be A Girl Author:Maxine Hancock Because I am not the kind of woman who finds it easy to accept pat answers or to fill traditional roles just because they are traditional, I have done some hard thinking about the whole matter of being a woman in contemporary society. In preadolescent days I fumed about being a girl. "Boys have all the fun", I complained to my mother. And inward... more »ly, I rebelled. I didn't ask to be a girl! But never, since becoming one, have I wished to be anything but a woman. I like being a woman.« less