That one in First Nations has roughly 2500 years of object history behind it.
In some, not all.
That one in First Nations has roughly 2500 years of object history behind it.
In some, not all.
So, is this just the nature vs. nurture debate falling on the nurture side?
That one in First Nations has roughly 2500 years of object history behind it.
We also have much better fMRI methods and equipment now, including better software to interpret the raw scan data.
Except she ignores evidence that contradicts her assertions; for instance, that no studies about gender and MRI have screened for neurological disorders.
She ignores the fact that one of the studies she cites used exclusively deaf people who were fluent in sign.
Different forms of sign are as different as different spoken languages; in order to look at gender issues you'd need to differentiate the fMRIs for various kinds of sign—at which point you have a useless sample.
That's pretty shitty research. It's the research of someone with an agenda; it's one reason you won't see her cited in peer reviewed journals.
I think that there are far too many variables for anyone to take just about any of the current research seriously.
I think there are plenty of things I would've enjoyed if a) people hadn't told me I wasn't supposed to like them, or b) people hadn't tried to force them onto me. I think live and let live is a good one to apply to gender. I almost wish sex wasn't even revealed until puberty was over.Maybe I would've liked to play football if it wasn't full of the male banter and other stuff that came with it. I really don't know.
Maybe I would've liked to play football if it wasn't full of the male banter and other stuff that came with it. I really don't know.
But so much of what "being a guy" means is defined by society, and a lot of cis guys don't even fit the bill.
If the boy wants a barbie to put into a car, let him have it. And let him play with Dora if he wants. And if the girl doesn't want to wear the skirt, don't make her..
If I had a son, and he wanted a Barbie, I'd say no, and buy him a doll with more realistic proportions.
And then there's this--I actually had the opposite experience in junior high. I loved football, and we always played co-ed games, but I hated most of the girls in my class so I preferred hanging out with the boys. Also, I tended to get picked first by the boys on the teams, because they knew they could count on me to knock the other girls down, when they'd been raised not to.Becca H said:Maybe I would've liked to play football if it wasn't full of the male banter and other stuff that came with it. I really don't know.
If I had a son, and he wanted a Barbie, I'd say no, and buy him a doll with more realistic proportions.
Well, maybe. I guess if there were some Really Important Reason it had to be a Barbie, I might relent.
And how come it's fine to play with "action figures" but once they're not "action"-y they're suddenly not masculine? And if you think about it from a heteronormative perspective, wouldn't it make more sense to encourage young boys to play with female dolls, so they don't grow up to "play" with other men later in life? I know I always ended up taking Barbie's clothes off...
Speaking as a parent of two boys and one girl, almost 100% of my discipline efforts are aimed at getting the boys to be polite. Mostly not yelling and not fighting.Really, though, why are girls expected to have more manners and be more polite than guys? That has always annoyed me.
I think it's really damaging to try to force kids into little boxes. If the boy wants a barbie to put into a car, let him have it. And let him play with Dora if he wants. And if the girl doesn't want to wear the skirt, don't make her. And don't hit on that stupid "cross your legs" bit every single time they don't.
Have you perused the toy aisles lately? Barbie has some of the most realistic proportions available.
Oh yeah. Bratz upped the ante on odd proportions years ago. Now we have Monsters High, Novi Stars, Winx, La Dee Da, etc. I love a lot of the new designs, but realistically proportioned they certainly aren't.Interesting.
That poor child. I think I would have flipped my shit if I'd been there. (Or cowered in a corner. The 'or' on my fight or flight response is pretty strong.) But seriously, violence against children is not something I tolerate.When I was student teaching, this was in a preschool, there was one little boy who delighted in dressing up in aprons and wearing jewelry like bracelets and necklaces. So what? What did I care? He was happy, he was learning through play, he was developing communication skills, he was socializing with his peers in a meaningful way.
But one day his father happened to show up and saw his kid wearing long pink gloves. He hit the flipping roof, yanked the kid aside, pulled off those gloves, whispered something that made the kid cry and pushed him over to the dump trucks. Now you tell me who had the problem. Stuff like that infuriates me. The kid was fucking THREE YEARS OLD.