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It would alienate some young boys, too. There are a lot of stereotypes in these comments.

• zanny 13y ago
  Thank you, reading these comments and the OP makes me cringe with the sexism. I'd like some fundamental science proving possessing a Y chromosome and the male hormone tract in utero makes you behave so radically different socially at such an immature age. My experiences with children in general (note, I'm in no way professional here) is that the domestication of girls is tremendously cultural from birth and up in how radically different people will treat a female child from a male one, even if they are physically indistinguishable (except the inherent physical differences) until they are 8 or older. As a male who didn't have trouble in school and realized early on that just faking obedience and getting the grades would best enable me for long term success and didn't have some innate testosterone powered need to beat things up or break stuff I did not see some fundamental split between having a second X or a Y chromosome and your behavioral profile. People are different. There are boys and girls that will want to investigate and explore, just like there are boys and girls that like to memorize and convey information formulaically. Different people are different. Factory compulsory public education in prison like settings suits a very limited personality profile.