I'm female. I have 3 brothers and no sisters. I spent the first 20 years of my life listening to people tell me "girls don't do things like that" (or worse, "nice girls don't do things like that"). Couldn't play Little League, and Bobby Sox Softball didn't come to my hometown until I was a year too old for it. KidBro and I played catch by the hour for years, until we were both well into our teens. My adolescence was in the '60s. Nearly every job I've had has been in traditionally male fields. My first bought-it-myself car (new, too, and not just "new to me" used) was a '75 Trans Am. Same year I got my commercial driver license. Couple of years later I added a motorcycle endorsement to my license. I'm very highly respected in the local petroleum transportation community, as a driver and as a dispatcher.

Can't get there without some kinda 'tude.

Edited to add: guess all I really needed to do was direct you to the first line of my sig.