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It is fine that children are different. The problem is when parents and society start assuming that it is correlated to gender, and start treating kids (and adu
by a3_nm 9y ago
It is fine that children are different. The problem is when parents and society start assuming that it is correlated to gender, and start treating kids (and adults) differently based on their gender, no matter their individual personality.
To reply to the grandparent comment: I don't know if male and female children behave intrinsically differently, but this is going to be hard to measure in a society where everyone, including parents, are biased and subconsciously treat them differently based on their gender.
- andriesm 9y agoUhm I dunno if you read the comment above, his point was that certain differences do in fact correspond with gender, e.g. Rough and tumble play is more appropriate for most boys than it would be for the majority of girls. Do we have to prefix everything with NOT ALL to have a generally valid generalization?