My DD can now accurately pick out the boys and girls in her peer group (age 1-2). Presumably she has successfully identified that boys and girls are dressed differently/have their hair cut differently.
This is entirely due to adult imposed gender discrimination, as she a) isn't looking at them naked, b) can't possibly be detecting the very subtle actual differences in behaviour/appearance.
So lets hurry onto the next lesson:
Society expects girls and boys to behave differently and have different interests, strengths and weaknesses.
Before I could at least wonder if, when she saw in books that all the girls are doing different things to the boys, she might not realise which was which and specifically which group she was 'supposed' to be in. Now I know she will be learning exactly what is expected of her every time a tired old stereotype is rolled out.
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to be sad that my DD has now passed gender discrimination 101?
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ICBINEG · 25/03/2013 14:02
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