Regarding societal pressure
I could regret this, but...
Concepts like femininity and masculinity, a woman's place and a man's place, etc. are really social constructs, and society starts conditioning us before we learn to walk. I'm pretty sure that what it all mean in my grandmother's time was quite different from young women's expectations today - after all, neither of them could vote when they were born. My mother first married at a time when married women were not allowed to enter contracts without their husband's signature. She also worked many years at a job where she did the same job as a male colleague - and had additional responsibilities to boot - and was paid about 60% of his salary. There were no girls' sports at the high school level when I attended, but my nieces set some school records during their high school careers. I have some male friends who went into nursing - something that men in my father's generation would never have considered as a viable career path.
And I think it's great that each generation questions the status quo and redefines what it all means for them. It's progress.
I have a ban on anything pink for my daughter. I am also in despair whenever I go to a toy shop and see:
1) 'Boys' toys being things like chemistry sets, cars, robots, pirates, sciency stuff
2)'Girls' toys being universally pink and being makeup ( wtf), dolls, cooking stuff, princess outfits and jewellery
It certainly does start at a young age.