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Aye :). I'm not a Junior btw (at 15 I was developing websites, optimising java bytecode using Bcel and writing AI - I don't mean this as bragging, I was workin

Aye :). I'm not a Junior btw (at 15 I was developing websites, optimising java bytecode using Bcel and writing AI - I don't mean this as bragging, I was working with way more intelligent people than I). I didn't learn much in university in respect to programming because of that... However, that may explain something there - people will probably look at my age and assume i'm a Junior =). A natural assumption really. The difference in social conditioning for girls is quite an interesting topic =) (in random comment to the lack in hard-science).

sridca 11y ago
> The difference in social conditioning for girls is quite an interesting topic =) It would be interesting to hear self-aware women speak about on this topic. From what I understand, generally speaking girls for whatever reason prefer (be they via social conditioning or instinctual preference or a combination of both) to play with dolls, as opposed to boys who play with trucks ... as the former, playing with dolls, is indicative of early development of social relationships (people manipulation, to put crudely) while the later, playing with trucks, is indicative of early development of object manipulation ... and this stems from the fact that men and women evolved to fulfill different instinctual roles (sperm is cheap, eggs are expensive).
- LifeQuestioner 11y ago
  I'm a female who hated playing with dolls - they were boring. I didn't play with trucks or other toys either. I preferred hands on or sports stuff - bike riding, tree climbing, football, computer gaming(but not television which I could never stand). I required activities which were more mentally stimulating, otherwise my behaviour became destructive. I'm quite lucky though as I was encouraged to do the things I was enjoyed - my female cousins were not. When their brothers went bike riding, she was told she had to stay home and make cakes. When she asked for gifts for Christmas she didn't get them because they were not socially acceptable for females, so she got dolls. So, how many choose them because they genuinely like them? And how many choose them because it's enforced and they think it's the social thing to do? How many disney films are all about finding one true love to take care of you?

sridca 11y ago

> The difference in social conditioning for girls is quite an interesting topic =) It would be interesting to hear self-aware women speak about on this topic. From what I understand, generally speaking girls for whatever reason prefer (be they via social conditioning or instinctual preference or a combination of both) to play with dolls, as opposed to boys who play with trucks ... as the former, playing with dolls, is indicative of early development of social relationships (people manipulation, to put crudely) while the later, playing with trucks, is indicative of early development of object manipulation ... and this stems from the fact that men and women evolved to fulfill different instinctual roles (sperm is cheap, eggs are expensive).

LifeQuestioner 11y ago
I'm a female who hated playing with dolls - they were boring. I didn't play with trucks or other toys either. I preferred hands on or sports stuff - bike riding, tree climbing, football, computer gaming(but not television which I could never stand). I required activities which were more mentally stimulating, otherwise my behaviour became destructive. I'm quite lucky though as I was encouraged to do the things I was enjoyed - my female cousins were not. When their brothers went bike riding, she was told she had to stay home and make cakes. When she asked for gifts for Christmas she didn't get them because they were not socially acceptable for females, so she got dolls. So, how many choose them because they genuinely like them? And how many choose them because it's enforced and they think it's the social thing to do? How many disney films are all about finding one true love to take care of you?