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Guns and heavy machinery are not topics for boys. Its just that those things are pushed on boys more while they are growing up. My sisters main game right now i
by baroffoos 7y ago
Guns and heavy machinery are not topics for boys. Its just that those things are pushed on boys more while they are growing up. My sisters main game right now is counter strike.
I saw an interesting video last year where they used toddlers young enough to have no visible gender and they got in babysitters to help the toddlers play with toys. They gave the toddlers random gendered names and clothes. They then asked the babysitters what they think the kids's favorite toys were.
In almost every test the babysitter handed the kids the toys associated with the gender they thought the kid was from the name and not what the kids actual gender was. They then went to comment that the perceived genders toys were the kids favorite.
- agumonkey 7y agoI beg to differ. Early on boys will pick up wood staff and play fight. They need no hint here.
- Lio 7y agoI'd offer the counter example of other infant primates expressing gender preferences for toys. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13596-male-monkeys-prefer-boys-toys/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13596-male-monkeys-pr...
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoAn interesting fact from that study that gets often overlooked is that the female monkeys spent as much time playing with the "boy" toys as the male monkies. They only had a stronger preference because the boys didn't play with the cuddly toys as much. A subtle but important distinction. This is similar to studies that show women's favourite colour is actually blue. But what gets reported is that they have a stronger preference for pink, because, compared with men, more chose that and that somehow gets into the consciousness as "girls prefer pink over blue".