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So it's "human nature" that boys like tech and girls like princesses?

• drpgq 11y ago
  Testosterone?
  • tim333 11y ago
    Surprisingly that might work - "Several animal studies have shown that hormonal manipulation can reverse sex-typed behavior. When researchers exposed female rhesus monkeys to male hormones prenatally, these females later displayed male-like levels of rough-and-tumble play." http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/you-can-give-a-boy-a-doll-but-you-cant-make-him-play-with-it/265977/ http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/you-can-giv...
• collyw 11y ago
  Yes its been shown in monkey studies, so its actually deeper than human nature.
  • jolux 11y ago
    Male monkeys like computers and female monkeys like princesses? That's literally literally the most absurd statement I've ever processed.
    • collyw 11y ago
      I posted a link about the study elsewhere in the thread.
      • jolux 11y ago
        I'm not really sure how a study about monkeys has any relevance to whether humans have engrained gender roles. People are cognitively far more complex and nature vs. nurture when it comes to gender is not really as decided as it might seem.
    • tim333 11y ago
      The research was actually male monkeys like toy trucks, females like dolls. Check out the cute monkey pics: http://www.livescience.com/22677-girls-dolls-boys-toy-trucks.html http://www.livescience.com/22677-girls-dolls-boys-toy-trucks...