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The "Boy Code" at Work
Submitted by Scott on Thu, 2001-11-22 20:05
Emanslave sent in this story from ABCNews.com. It's about the socialization of boys and girls with respect to what kinds of toys they play with. It points out that when girls play with "boy" toys, that it isn't a big deal with other children, but when a boys plays with a "girl" toy, they tend to receive sharp socialization messages which discourage this behavior. William Pollack is quoted in the article, and while I think this is a legitimate issue, I feel the article is tainted with the idea that we need to resocialize children away from any gender differences. Source: ABC News [on-line]
Title: A Gender Straitjacket
Author: Unknown
Date: November 21, 2001
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