"The Mask You Live In" Discussion

When I was in mid-elementary school, the Wii first came out. Christmas was coming soon, and my older and younger brothers begged for one. They were extremely excited to receive this video game, and so was I. 

      When my brothers received the Wii for Christmas, they started playing immediately. I remember asking to have a turn and being ignored or being told "You wouldn't like games like this." Unlike my older sister, who was very girly and had never attempted to play a video game in her life, I wanted to give it a try. I told my mom that I was upset about it, but she told me I should be relieved that I was not wasting my time.  

I didn't understand. Why would it be a waste of my time but not a waste my brothers' time? 

In The Mask You Live In, it talks about the amount of time young adult males will waste playing video games. However, this is not something girls are known to waste their time doing. I think that this is because girls were told that they shouldn't play video games from such a young age, but this is not the standard for boys. Even though I am glad that I spend my time doing other things, I think it is unfair that I never had the opportunity to have video games as an outlet like my brothers did.