The reason boys like trucks and girls like dolls is because of evil marketing!
Courtesy of @hbdchick
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/12/13/chart-of-the-week-gender-segregation-of-toys-continues-to-rise/ …
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@AliceTeller@FormerlyFormer (other research has turned up similar results.) -
@hbdchick@AliceTeller@FormerlyFormer I quoted the rhesus/velvet monkey studies once. The progs claimed the adult monkeys or researchers.. -
@hbdchick@AliceTeller@FormerlyFormer must have had socialised them into it. -
@ObserverWatches@hbdchick@FormerlyFormer Don't you just love a theory that can't be disproved? So versatile!
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@hbdchick@AliceTeller Damn those advertisers, bending those monkeys' minds. -
@FormerlyFormer@AliceTeller monkeys watch too much tv. that's their problem! =P
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@hbdchick@FormerlyFormer@AliceTeller gender roles, so easy a monkey can do it. - End of conversation
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@hbdchick@AliceTeller@FormerlyFormer I'd be curious how they do with dolls and action figures. Dolls and trucks are so very different.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"male monkeys choose traditional boy toys above dolls, which female monkeys choose to play with" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29418230 … H/T
@hbdchickThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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