Virtue's Reward: Genre Undetermined

Anybody who says "Virtue is its own reward" hasn't lived in our part of the world, and they don't know Virtue. Neither has anybody who thinks Virtue would be a pretty name for a girl. Virtue's kinda touchy about that, and since he's entirely capable of expressing his displeasure lethally, most people 'round here just stay away from the notion of naming girls after abstract qualities entirely. Boys, too, just to be safe. Word has it that Virtue's mother had born three boys and was dead-set determined on getting a girl next. So when Virtue happened to be born a boy, she did her best to turn him into a girl. She dressed him like a girl, called him 'she', insisted Virtue help with the cleaning and the cooking, and generally did her best to destroy any trace of manhood that the growing boy might have acquired. The only part of it that stuck is a lingering affection for the color pink.

Inspiration: That opening line and the idea that Virtue was a guy just popped into my head.
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: It's a highly entertaining idea for a character, and that character might just be enough to carry a story. Could be pretty much any genre--western, sci-fi, adventure, etc.