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I had been planning to write a post about the way gender stereotypes are imposed on children. See, I would argue that most (or even all) of the differences between the genders are simply the result of social conditioning. Girls are taught to be nurturing and cooperative, boys are taught to be assertive and independent. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.<\/span>
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\nUntil recently, boys played with erector sets and chemistry sets while girls played with baby dolls and play kitchens. The idea was to prepare the boy for the world of work and the girl for the world of the home. While the toys have changed, this gendered division of play continues. Babies even where different clothing with different colors and patterns (ballerinas for girls, dinosaurs for boys). You see what I mean? This training began early<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given this social conditioning, is it any wonder that men have traditionally behaved differently from women? Is it any wonder that more nurses and teachers are women and more CEOs and engineers are men? But in the end, this is all a social construct. It\u2019s all invented and made up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I said that I had <\/em>been intending to write a post. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m actually going to, at least not right now. I sort of got scooped, you might say. Young Mom wrote an amazing post on her blog that said exactly what I wanted to say, only better<\/em>. So all I\u2019m going to do is point you there, to read her insightful words:<\/span><\/p>\n

Boys and Girls aren\u2019t different, they\u2019re just individuals<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n

Edit: For an example of how socially constructed things like dress and hair styles are, see the following picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt from the late 1880s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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