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What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences
- claudius 14y agoThis logic that boys should play with dolls in order to help equalise genders always bugs me as stupid – assuming that having played with dolls is the reason women are oppressed (which they obviously aren’t), avoid technology and stay at home, why exactly would you want a larger part of the population to engage in such an outright dangerous activity?
- nicknorena 14y agoI would hesitate to call the mere act of playing with dolls a dangerous activity, I think you're making too big a leap... In my opinion, the image boys playing with dolls is just a way of translating the importance of a paradigm shift to us adults that already have these pre-determined notions of what dolls are for. Boys and girls develop in very different ways, each individual will find something to play with that brings them happiness and meaning. What really needs to change is the undercurrent of the parents'/guardians'biases (or the biases of any role models in these kids lives for that matter) that tell the kids what dolls/tonka trucks represent. Then playing with dolls becomes more about exploring than conforming.
- claudius 14y ago> I would hesitate to call the mere act of playing with dolls a dangerous activity, I think you're making too big a leap... Silly me would call that sarcasm, but, sure, ‘making too big a leap’ works, too :)
- nicknorena 14y ago:)
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