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Originally Posted by Patagonia
I do understand what you’re saying here. My children are given the same chores & expectations regardless of their sex. Taking the trash out has to be done although some chores are based on age. When the younger ones are older they will get those chores too.
I never stated that I was asking my son to behave in a certain fashion based on his sex.
What I’m trying to plainly state is that I do not comprehend the male mind because I am female. I can guess & read as much as I want, but biologically I don’t think I will ever understand it.
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As a professor of gender and science, I have to point out that the male and female brain are not biologically different. Any perceived “differences” are the result of cultural conditioning. Often, cultural conditioning is unconscious and we don’t “see” it because we are taught from birth to believe that men and women are different. However, it just isn’t true. Just think back to 100 years ago... in 1918, pink was the “boy” color and blue was the “girl” color. What boys and girls say they like, and how they perform their gender, is instilled by society— it doesn’t come from nature.