If a boy did it he would be ridiculed for it forever. When a girl does it, it's just endearing. Is the above the source of women's power in modern society?
Women were so oppressed in the past because men simply can't compete with them otherwise in natural social dynamics. Just look at pictured. If it was a boy he would be shamed for it at school till he graduated or killed himself. Meanwhile when it's a girl it's just cute and endearing.