What About Brown Boy Dreaming?

In the book Brown Girl Dreaming, the main character Jacqueline Woodson is a girl that was born during the Civil Rights Movement and faces many hardships that took place during that time period. 

I wonder... would Jacqueline have had the same experiences and life journey if she were a boy? How would the treatment she had received differ? Would it have been better? Would it have been worst? What would her life have been like instead if she were a boy? Would "he" have had a better/worst life overall? 

Did anyone else wonder this when reading? Or was it just me haha?

There was one specific part of the book where I found myself wondering about this and it was in the chapter called "a girl named jack".  My curiosity sparked right here at the title. Well, why would they want to name a girl a typical boy's name, Jack? I thought as soon as I glanced at the title. Upon reading further I realized it was the father that wanted her name to be Jack. I thought about this for a second... Was it just because he wanted her to be named after him? Maybe, but I think not. I continued to read the chapter and stumbled upon the words of her father that read, "Name a girl Jack"... "and she can't help but grow up strong"(Woodson 6). I thought about this sentence for quite some time. Would a male that lived during the Civil Rights Movement be a stronger figure than a woman? Would a man living during this time period face fewer hardships than a woman because of his strength? I started to wonder about what Jacqueline's life would be like if she were born a boy instead. First, I think the perspective and language of this book would be completely different. While reading it, the words carry a feminine ring to them as they leave the pages of the book and enter my mind. Second, I think the style of the book would have been written differently. I think it would have been written in large chapters with no poetry, but hardly language to really shown the struggle of the 1960s. I also think there would have been illustrations to help the reader picture what was going on. Lastly, I think the experiences that Jacqueline had would have been completely different if she was of the male gender instead. I think her life would have been a completely different story. I'm not sure exactly what that story would look like, but I think it would be really interesting to read that perspective as well.