Educated on Girl and Boy Actions

I watched a How to Kill a Mockingbird last night with my boss and noticed a couple of things that we have been discussing in class and reading about in the book " Dude your a Fag". Just to give you a brief back ground about the movie, the movie happens way back in 40s or 50s not that sure on time period and focuses on the topic of race and the judicial system. Funny how things haven't change yet dealing with equal rights of minorities. I focused on a main character in the movie a girl named Scout. Her and her brother lived with their father and called him by his first name and weren't forced to act like the stereotypes of a boy and girl. Scout was allowed to play with her brother and friends and mostly lead the adventures.Scout wasn't forced to until school time to wear a dress and present herself  as a girl by wearing dresses to state that she was a girl. Still with her outer appearance stating that she was a typical young girl she acted like a typical boy picking fights and speaking her mind at all times. Scouts father still called her by her nick name throughout the whole movie which gave the audience a blank slate that she couldn't really be judge because she wasn't acting out of the norm her father had set for her as a girl. Scout did show that she would be considered a typical tomboy in the 21century and freedom to express herself so openly like she does in the movie wouldn't not be allowed outside the house. Her ways of caring herself are in the ways of a stereotyped young man. She shows the aggression through her beating up classmates, dressing like a boy would dress, seeking adventure with other boys, staying out late, and having a voice that is actually listened to by her community.
All the things that were listed that Scout had the freedom to do is something that I feel women feel not worthy to embrace. Has the value of a women been decreased by the woman? This is a question that I ask daily before speaking to young men, men, or older women. Scout has inspired me that everyone has a voice and a story so don't prejudge a persons values or morals just by the way they dress. ____