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Two genders can observe the same thing, but attach different levels of importance to the observation, and have different preferences for imaginative play based
by new_realist 5y ago
Two genders can observe the same thing, but attach different levels of importance to the observation, and have different preferences for imaginative play based on what they’ve observed.
- gnud 5y agoOr identify with who they've seen do things in different ways.
- loopz 5y agoBefore self identification, there might be external expectations and cues. Survival of children depend on picking up cues of parents, and then peers.
- teachingassist 5y agoAny two people will certainly attach different levels of importance to what they observe, I agree. Given that this behaviour was learned by observation, society's existing gender norms - and specifically those around guns - would also have been observed and learned. We can't separate these, in this anecdote. Would we not expect to observe the son to engage with more caring play if the stay-at-home parent (primary carer) had been the dad?