Crossing lines

The era in while I spent my childhood compared to today had more overt gender separation although I suspect that widening of it from seven plus remains being primarily child social construct driven.

One thing that did run through it was oddly enough the notion of having 'sweethearts' to which you might walk a girl home from school or when socially a boy was necessary to be with her you were it although you'd never play together at school.

Jacqueline was mine during Junior school to the point we'd both by the age of ten would get ourselves kept out of PE so we we sit together and chat although we would have some work set for us which the other teachers would oversee between their own classes.

We also might share candy but it was a very innocuous thing with no notions around sensuality (or feeling it was 'sexy') at all more a very deep friendship across gender lines where both of you felt carefree.