That's claimed but never substantiated. Since having access to everything women have dominated healthcare, teaching, publishing psychology
-
-
Replying to @HPluckrose
If a child is dressed in pink, and as a consequence pushed towards dolls, even though 'she' is a boy... that's not society making choices?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GardenerN21
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.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
Can you get a child to play with unfamiliar toys once they've been conditioned to play with certain toys (boys/girls)?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GardenerN21
Show evidence of the conditioning. Kids do their own things with toys & have access to all kinds.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GardenerN21
See the Norwegian Gender Paradox - pre-verbal babies still have typically gendered interests in toys.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GardenerN21
You can try to condition a girl to like trucks & a boy to like dolls but its unlikely to work if they don't.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GardenerN21
Interestingly, the children who do like toys more typically liked by opposite sex are likely to be gay or lesbian.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose @GardenerN21
This is believed to be related to high levels of testosterone or oestrogen they are exposed to in the womb.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
Not every 'Tomboy' is a lesbian, but I understand the point you're making.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
We're overlapping populations. There will always be boys interested in more typically girl things & vice versa but strong gendered trends
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.