Playing 'Boy' Games Helps Girls, and Vice Ver

[Tara]

Playing 'Boy' Games Helps Girls, and Vice Versa

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year olds who spend more time engaging in activities typically associated with their gender tend to have more stereotypical academic interests, skills and characteristics two years later, new research reports.

I didn't know whether it should go in health, or scientific research. :shrug:

[Amalcas]

Well, duh.
Stereotyped games, stereotyped learning, stereotyped existence. Looks like they just confirmed a postulate.

[Tigress]

I find it irritating that people are still so stuck on stereotypes and "roles" based upon one's sex.

[jennyt87]

'girl' games teach girls that they're supposed to be weak and dumb, and rely on men to kill spiders. Meanwhile, boys learn to defend themselves, and take advantage of the learned weakness of stereotypical girls. My kids are all going to participate in the same games togeth, so they learn the same lessons.

[Tara]

But what if they don't wanna play...?

[Amalcas]

Hormonal differences do cause psychological differences, but they aren't what the media puts them up to be. Yes, woman evolved to be caring mothers and gatherers, and men hunters/protectors, but that a rule that is many times broken, and none the worse for it.

[Amalcas]

Yes, but the positive bits (caring, empathy) should be kept. Sure, men are better at some things, just this generally happens to be manual labor.

[Tigress]

Amalcas said:

Hormonal differences do cause psychological differences, but they aren't what the media puts them up to be. Yes, woman evolved to be caring mothers and gatherers, and men hunters/protectors, but that a rule that is many times broken, and none the worse for it.

I think males and females have [generally] evolved according to said stereotypes because of the stereotypes themselves. Women have traditionally been the homemakers since the beginning of time (or so history suggests) and I believe that because of this, we have evolved being able to do so "better" than men, if you will. The same goes for men and manual labor, etc. I don't believe it's because God, a god, or whatever made us this way, but because we've placed these "limitations" on ourselves.

[Amalcas]

Reverse evolution, interesting....
I don't think that is logical, though. Gender roles go back to some of the most basic creatures, long before enough intelligence to create stereotypes.

[Amalcas]

An interesting article to add here. Brain differences between genders.