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more about #neuroscience more comments → Erda: Dear sexist pop "psychologists": Please stop saying that women are hard-wired to be good with body language, social skills, and communicating. It ma... more » leftyleftylou: Not to slam someone who has obviously spent a lot of time and thought on this issue, but I call BS on this theory. I am as feminist as they come. My... more » 1.1.1.: Although I was a few years older than my brother, he was allowed to play outside until dark because he was a boy. But when he didn't return home on t... more » CoalMineCanary: John Colapinto's excellent and highly readable book "As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl" disputes Eliot's claims. Some feminist grou... more » rhymeswithfeather: Isn't this basically what Charlotte Perkins Gilman said...? In 1898 or so...? more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: On a somewhat related note, I always wonder how this plays out with our female puppy. Particularly because my husband loves to pamper her and cuddle ... more » BlondeGrlz: I'm really surprised "boy" babies are seen as more difficult as I've found on a personal level the opposite is true. But anecdotal evidence is not the... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: It's funny, because my mother raised my brother and I the exact opposite of that. I was the cranky baby, I was the one who couldn't sleep unless she ... more » redqueenmeg: If the baby I'm expecting now turns out to be a girl it's likely I'll underestimate her climbing abilities, but the same is true if it turns out to be... more » district of confusion: I still get irritated thinking about the mom I met at my neice's birthday party who insisted that her little girl loved purses and 'instinctively' kne... more » morninggloria: I don't care what gender they are; as long as they spend their days screaming and shitting their pants, babies are getting the silent treatment from me. more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: I noticed the same thing with my parents. My brother didn't have the same restrictions on driving that I did-- my parents made me wait about a year b... more » Cerridwen: My mother should read this. It might help undermine her conviction that my sister's rejection of a toy firetruck and fishtank in favour of a baby dol... more » rah29: I don't have a brother, but I'm sure my sister had more 'boy' reactions than I did. Everyone thought she would be a boy until she was born; my parents... more » Artemis47: If and when I get pregnant and hold a baby shower, I'm seriously considering sending 1/3 of the invites with "It's a boy!", 1/3 with "It's a girl!" an... more » -
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Do Parents Create Gender Differences?
In her new book Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise Eliot describes how tiny differences in the way parents treat babies actually create the gender differences many assume are inborn. More »
