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