Rock star Alanis Morisette upset her family when she was growing up because they thought she was too boyish.
The singer has never been overtly feminine and her passion for sports was far from encouraged while growing up in Canada.
Morissette explains: "I remember my father telling me, as I was growing up, that my masculinity was 'a little overboard' and that he wondered 'where my feminism had gone'.
"I dressed in overalls, I swore like a truck-driver. I beat men in sports and games - something I was pulled aside for by my uncle and told never to do after I beat his neighbour, a boy, at both badminton and Trivial Pursuit in one afternoon."
Morissette admits her relatives' sexist attitude spurred her desire to become famous on her terms - not using her sexuality.
She says: "I thought I'd be all set if I could stand up to the men in my family and those I worked with without bucking or crying in conflict. I thought if I could make as much money as men did, I'd be all set and happy.
"I also see now that from Dad's perspective, I was challenging age-old roles in both my house and the world at large."