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In reply to the discussion: A future without tomboys and lesbians? [View all]4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)I'm curious about the consensus here.
If long-term behavior can be altered by changing the ratio of sex-hormones prior to birth doesn't that kind of imply a lot of gendered behavior is not learned but is rather innate?
If you can tell a tomboy over and over again to act like a girl and she refuses and ends up displaying male characteristics but by changing the prenatal environment you can induce more traditionally female behaviors doesn't that mean that what it is to be a boy or a girl is not entirely enforced by society.
And on the flip side: doesn't that mean efforts to get boys to stop acting like boys (fight less, share more, express more feelings, etc) are doomed from the start?
I would say that if you tried to force a tomboy to act like a more traditional girl you will fail and have behavioral problems. If you try to get boys to act more feminine (like in schools ordering them to sit quietly not fight not compete and be content to merely talk about rather than do things they learn) you will fail and have behavioral problems.
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