How can we say that we are not influenced by society? Ever since little , we are told what toys are appropriate for us to play we. Girls are given dolls. Boys are given adventurous and violent toys - such as guns and detective games. Boys are given the opportunity to be adventurous and outgoing .Girls are the nurturing ones. I say we reexamine what toys we provide for our children.
I completely agree with you. I wish we lived in a society that did not socialize children into gender roles based on their sex. As a society, we begin socializing children from the day the parents find out the sex of the child. I think that we can only control what we do, and make sure that we are not part of the problem. Society will continue to socialize our children.
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