A Thought That Crossed My Mind When Once, I Read About A Girl Running After A Bus:

So what if they think you're less of a girl because you refuse their help in carrying those big, bulky things? If you can stretch your strength to limits they would never think you could stretch them to, go ahead and carry on, my girl. They'd be all the less for thinking there are things you simply can't do, just because you're a woman, and you'd be all the more for proving them wrong.