Yes. The pressure not to acknowledge gender differences does come from a fear that to do so is to make women inferior. But this doesn't come from women generally. It comes from a specific ideology which has a lot of power and, ironically, considers itself feminist. #StopHelping https://twitter.com/culture_worrier/status/956084293759045632 …
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Of course, with my husband and I both believing these gender differences exist on average & cultural conditioning being so powerful, our daughter should certainly not be interested in tech. She is though. Passionately & tediously. She made us aware of this very early on.
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I'm sure a society which regarded this very negatively could have squashed it out of her & made her ashamed of it but we don't live in one. She has said she wishes there were more girls who shared her interests tho.
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To have female friends, she needs to not talk about video games, programming, coding & the merits & flaws of various devices, consoles & software constantly & save this for online forums. That's doable.
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From a biological fitness standpoint, if we're going to go there, being an attractive tech nerd is almost certainly an advantage. I doubt she'll lack for boyfriends and they'll probably be rich too. Sorry, but it's true.
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Nail on head.
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When I was a girl in kindergarten I loved swords, pirates, etc. & hated dolls, princess stuff. If I so clearly and vehemently knew what I liked, why wouldn't other kids be certain about this as well?
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Give kids all the options (and extra encouragement if they like stuff they're not supposed to, I think boys liking dresses still have it tough) and respect their choice. I think kids can figure out themselves what makes them happy.
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