Just got email saying child selected for extra-curricular STEM programme coz of her grades. No mention of how her genitals might impact this
Try to get a child to play with toys they don't want to & ignore the ones they do. The other apes also have gender prefs re dolls & trucks.
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Gender differences exist & society notices them. Assumptions can be made but we've come so far with this.
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Can you get a child to play with unfamiliar toys once they've been conditioned to play with certain toys (boys/girls)?
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Show evidence of the conditioning. Kids do their own things with toys & have access to all kinds.
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See the Norwegian Gender Paradox - pre-verbal babies still have typically gendered interests in toys.
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You can try to condition a girl to like trucks & a boy to like dolls but its unlikely to work if they don't.
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Interestingly, the children who do like toys more typically liked by opposite sex are likely to be gay or lesbian.
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This is believed to be related to high levels of testosterone or oestrogen they are exposed to in the womb.
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We tried doing the gender neutral toy thing. It really doesn't work. So much evidence it doesn't work.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/747999269072867328 …
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So, what you're saying is that at age 3 a child is unlikely to go against conditioning. I'm playing devil's advocate.
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