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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a boy who is older, and who plays with a lot of girls, and yes - there are (generalized) differences! Things like risk taking, style of play, physicality, noise, when certain types of maturity occur, etc... [b]It's real[/b]. It's not all kids, but it's a generalization that bears weight in lots of cases. So I guess I am a #boymom.

Would I ever write that hashtag on Facebook or something? No way. That seems icky. Like showing a photo of my new concealer and saying #onlyforladiez - I mean sure, mostly for ladies, but that's not the entire truth!

When I've noted differences aloud to closer friends or neighbors, I usually say "I hate to generalize" or "This probably is just my experience" and 9 out of 10 times the other person say "Oh. No. I see it. It's real." They just don't hashtag it![/quote]

Nope. It's socialization. [/quote]

It's both.

Biologically, hormones and wiring contribute to us showing a spectrum of possible traits, where one side of the spectrum is this and the other is that.

Sure, society socializes our kids into performing gender roles, even if we try to combat that at home. For example, a dad on my kid's soccer team was giving a tone-deaf monologue about boys being tough and not crying and I ripped into him a few weeks ago. Loud enough that the other kids could hear someone refute the idea. But yeah, they'll hear and see this elsewhere.

Of course you could argue that my child is less likely to be socialized into performing a certain gender identity because I have tried to let him be him. Turns out "him" likes to jump up and try to touch the door frame of every single freaking doorway he walks though. Show me more than a handful of girls who do that regularly.

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