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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] [b]One particular society in one particular geographic area at one particular time interprets reptiles and dinosaurs and comfortable clothes as "boy."[/b] I grew up in the 70s, and boys and girls alike wore overalls. Children's dress was not nearly as heavily gendered. Toys were not nearly as gendered as they are now. I had a full set of dinosaur figurines. I built toy swords in my dad's shop. Everyone played with Legos. No one suggested that my preference for pants over dresses and my brother's Tonka trucks and ThunderCats over Barbies and tea sets meant that I was possibly trans. They called me a tomboy and no one worried. [/quote] Yes. Specifically, the particular society in the particular geographic area at the particular time in which the girl lives. Gender is a social construction (good lord, I can't believe I'm actually typing that), and that is how this society, currently, constructs it. Unfortunately. [/quote]
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