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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 5

    Americans No Longer Prefer Sons Over Daughtershttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/upshot/americans-might-no-longer-prefer-sons-over-daughters.html …

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      2. HillaryJ‏ @HillJablonski Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        I always find it irksome when a person asks a pregnant woman which sex baby she "wants". When I was pg I would answer that I'm happy with either and many people weren't satisfied with that answer. Society definitely seems to push for a preference. It's conditioning.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Eli Battistoni‏ @EliBattistoni Mar 5
        Replying to @HillJablonski @sapinker

        It's all fun and games now. Wait until your girls get older. Then ask me if you still wanted both girls. 😛

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. HillaryJ‏ @HillJablonski Mar 5
        Replying to @EliBattistoni @sapinker

        Don't be silly, my girls have promised me they will remain 5&3 forever.... But seeing how my 3 yo turned 4 this past weekend, I fear they may have lied to me.... 😳

        0 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Geoppetto Hosseltoff‏ @Geoppetto Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        My wife and I decided to have an amphibian. We don't care about "gender". We just want healthy gills.

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. Wmoore1982‏ @Bigwill1982 Mar 5
        Replying to @Geoppetto @sapinker

        pic.twitter.com/EGApr4NUVY

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      4. Geoppetto Hosseltoff‏ @Geoppetto Mar 5
        Replying to @Bigwill1982 @sapinker

        Thanks again for all the stream support. Hopefully I can figure out the issues I was having with Tarkov/Discord for this weekend's tom foolery. You rock, sir! 💜

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      1. Yeyo‏ @YeyoZa Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yeyo Retweeted Steven Pinker

        It's not worth spending the money on ADHD drugs and defending against assault accusations.https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/970670251363926016 …

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        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        Americans No Longer Prefer Sons Over Daughters https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/upshot/americans-might-no-longer-prefer-sons-over-daughters.html …
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      1. Marcus Tullius‏ @pavo_burel Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        Fake news, they never did prefer one over another. Most cherish both and always have.

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      1. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        The US having spent half a century exercising systematic preference for females in academics and the workplace, this result should be unsurprising.

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      1. petercooney‏ @petercooney588 Mar 6
        Replying to @sapinker @GodDoesnt

        Went to my daughter’s uni graduation recently and tho I’ve read about it ,was still shocked to see the interminable procession of our mortar hatted future was 80% female. If gender pref has switched,the reason is in there I suppose.

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      1. Janet Holmes  🌹‏ @Jeholmes Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        Girls are so much easier to raise than boys. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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      1. Malcolm Spark‏ @MalcolmSpark Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        Males in the modern world are inherently maladapted and the more modern we get the more it stands out, unless of course we start wars then we are finely suited

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      1.  😋‏ @sunnydandee Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        I've never peeked to see which genetials, my children would be born with.

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      1. Kenneth Buff‏ @KennethBuff Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        —with @KeithBasile, @justinbootaylor, and @Stilly_Vanilly

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      1. Jim Box‏ @undercovpilgrim Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        They are both a blessing. Very pleased with my son.

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      1. William Shockley‏ @NobelWinner56 Mar 5
        Replying to @sapinker

        I thought it was prefer *to.*

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