I know boys are more bulky than girls but some of us can hold their own,I mean all my boy relatives are protective of the girl relatives like I got into an argument with someone and my cousins started yelling at them like lunatics, and my dad and grandad act like boys are the demon spawn of hell the way he hates them interacting with me or my sister. My dad'll try and murder anyone who tries to yell at me, my mom, and every other female he cares about. And once me and my friend were trying to lift something heavy and randomly two boys just started whispering to each other and came over and lifted it for us. I guess because me and my friend who were trying to lift it are on the small side. And also in camp this boy kissed all the girls and we screamed and literally EVERY SINGLE BOY IN THE ENTIRE CAMP started picking fights with him because of it. I'm 10, and everyone in the grade is 10 or 11. The boys are always asking a certain girl to feel their biceps. This one boy seems to think he is a macho man, and once I said,“The Babysitters Club is such a dumb book." And he said,“oh that book is beast(his slang word). Just kidding. I mean, imagine, the coolest guy in school (motioning to himself) reading that book." I looked at him, and he said less smoothly,“I mean, the guy who THINKS he's the coolest guy in school, like (a few boys names" then tells a thousand jokes on different boys, which made me laugh. He has been teasing me in art, then in every other time of the day acts like this smooth ladies man. Why are boys so weird and try to be “macho" and then complain they have to do everything for girls, yet no one asked them to do it. It doesn't make any sense.
They do not have to do everything for girls, but if they are raised to be polite young men they may feel obliged to do it. Which, when you think about it, is quite nice really- doing it when they are not told too means they have thought about whats best for you.
The boys picked on that guy for kissing ALL the girls because that... technically makes him a cheat (not really, but kissing one after another? Bit of a player eh? That's a bad thing, the boys see it as wrong and are teaching him that.)
I think act macho as a sort of defence against other guys or to fit in or impress. Some boys in my grade are lovely to the girls, but completely change when they are around their friends.
The fact that they help you when lifting things and then suddenly tease you - well, that's just how they are.
At 10 years old, your grade seems to be just learning to see the differences between boys and girls. Sounds like this boy who is teasing you seems to like you a little bit. He may want to be friends but doesn't quite know how to get your attention. By being a ladies man he may be wanting the attention of girls now that he's 10/11 year old. That's the onset of puberty- wheyhey.
Your Dad, granddad and cousins are just trying to protect you. They know what other boys can be like around girls- they were once young men themselves.
All you have to do is tell them its alright, they don't need to yell and that you can handle this yourself. Its quite nice of them to defend you like that really, but tell them if they don't need to do it!
Boys will probably think girls are weird for getting upset for them doing the "right" thing etc. etc.
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