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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 19

      Sometimes people think I don't believe socialisation is a thing at all. This isn't true. I would hardly be writing a lot about the problem of the impact of postmodern ideas on how people are thinking if I didn't think dominant ideas have an impact on how people think.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 19

      Also, I have a daughter and I put a lot of thought into raising her without gender roles. She had both 'boys' and 'girls' toys. She preferred the boys ones, particularly toy cars but she also gave them names & personalities and made them have tea parties.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 19

      At this point, I realised any interference on her gender expression, as they call it, was going to be largely pointless and just enjoyed watching what she would do. Children are very, very interested in gender & it's extremely revealing to see it through their eyes.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 19

          She determined very early on that boys are annoying and seem to be geared towards trying to kill themselves in a way that girls are not. Also, they have to 'ruin everything' by being competitive when the game would work much better if they were co-operative.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 19

          I particularly love watching the gender wars between young children who want to play with each other. The negotiations are fun.pic.twitter.com/LAaDUSRdW9

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        2. Lizzy‏ @lizlozlizloz Mar 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          The best thing we can do as parents is simply allow them choice of books/toys etc without limiting them into two boxes of boys & girls. As I have boy-girl twins I managed to do this very easily, but it was going to school which reinforced gender. My daughter suddenly became....

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        3. Lizzy‏ @lizlozlizloz Mar 19
          Replying to @lizlozlizloz @HPluckrose

          ...very ‘girly’ and my son more ‘boyish’. Most children actively reinforce gender, they like to fit into a box. But I could see how socialisation at school played a huge part with their gender expression.

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        4. Ally Cinnamon‏ @allycinnamon76 Mar 19
          Replying to @lizlozlizloz @HPluckrose

          My daughter was quite tomboyish at 4-5, but within months of going to school, she went super girly. EVERYTHING had to be pink. Now she's 13, it's evened out.

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        5. Lizzy‏ @lizlozlizloz Mar 19
          Replying to @allycinnamon76 @HPluckrose

          Yes, I think it does even out and they become more true to themselves as they work out who they are during adolescence and beyond. As a side note, this is why I don’t advocate puberty blockers for gender dysphoric children. They need a natural adolescence to figure stuff out.

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        2. olga rusu‏ @olgarusu Mar 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My 7 year old son asked why girls and boys have different interests and why are they born like this

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        3. Wembley!!‏ @itratse Mar 19
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          Reading this tweet a bulb went off. Social constructivist and innate gender differences deniers are no better than the proponents of conversion therapy. And if given the chance, they'll do the same amount of damage.

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        1. Matthew Thorpe‏ @Thorpey82 Mar 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My daughter went to a princess/superhero fancy dress party last year and she was the only girl to go as a superhero. She's 3, we gave her the option, and she preferred Captain America to being a princess

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