Joanna and Stanisław Wojciechowscy gave their daughter a lot of freedom when raising her, and later showed a similar amount of understanding when Martyna became a mother herself. In her childhood, they tried to provide her with many opportunities to develop so that she could find her identity. At some point, their daughter decided that she would feel better as… their son.
A sip of gasoline with mother’s milk
The first time she got on a Romet motorbike in her home garage, she was 10 years old. She maintained that it was not a momentary fascination. She wanted to repair cars in the workshop, she was fascinated by motorcycle parts. She learned it from her father, but she could count on the support of both parents in terms of interests.
Dad made every effort to keep me from riding a motorcycle, but nothing came of his efforts. He himself was a rally driver for many years, so he perfectly understood my love for motorization. I think I got a sip of gasoline along with my mother’s milk. Instead of cooking soup, I was changing brake pads. But my mother let me do what I liked and what I enjoyed.
– quotes Wojciechowska’s statement from Interia.pl. The Wojciechowskis, however, tried to make their daughter look for additional passions, and her horse was not only horsepower. She was educated in language, painting and sculpture.
And I had more fun with sports activities and those related to motorization.
– stubbornly persisted in her “Woman at the End of the World”.
Boys can do anything
While in Wojciechowska’s family home the world was not stereotypically divided into pink and blue, contacts with her peers made the future traveler prefer being a boyfriend. – I was convinced that boys can do everything and girls less – she confessed in the Dzien Dobry TVN program. Returning home, she could do what she wanted, but when she went to the yard or to school, she heard that “it is not appropriate”.
I was 10 years old when I announced that I would become a racing motorcycle driver, and although my parents did not clip my wings, I was ridiculed at school and in the yard. ‘Girls don’t race motorcycles’, I was told. It hurt. I decided that since I can’t be a boy, I’ll be like a boy.
Wojciechowska said. Parents approached the “boyish” period of their daughter with distance, who did not intend to make gender correction in the future, but to combine the features that impressed her in men with her own definition of femininity. In this way, she shaped both the interior and the style of dressing that accompanies her to this day – practical and minimalist, but not taking away her feminine features. “I discovered that while retaining the mental characteristics of a man, I could look like a woman. And that will give me an advantage,” she said in an interview. Initially, not only other children, but also adult co-workers showed a lack of understanding for a similar approach. The confidence paid off. Wojciechowska did her job.
As a young journalist, I took up motorization, which was my great passion. I found myself in the biggest viper of men who gave me a good ride. Starting with sexist jokes, teasing, ridiculing and waiting for me to slip up. Today, my friends from those years say that I was stubborn, since I defended myself. Since I’ve already gone this route and elbowed myself in, I don’t want other girls to have to do the same
she appealed. Today, she fights for women’s rights not only in Poland. The world appreciated her efforts, e.g. creating a Barbie doll on her model – the series also featured other women inspiring girls to choose any career paths. Privately, however, Martyna Wojciechowska tries to be her daughter’s greatest inspiration. She grew up “surrounded by love and support”, so she wanted to pass these values on. – Love, loyalty, courage, honesty, tolerance, respect, dignity. These are the most important values in life, in my opinion.
I wrote a lot when Mania was very little. Indeed, the tapping of the keyboard echoed in our house, and Mania says that it is her wonderful childhood memory. She loves when I write. She says that seeing me at work, collecting materials, writing, is a wonderful experience for her. Especially since Mania loves books. In the future, she wants to design book covers.
– said Wojciechowska about the impact of her own work on her daughter’s plans for the future. She also added that the inspirations are mutual – she treats the appearance of Marysia in the world as the greatest of them.
Source: Gazeta
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