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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This somewhat recent NYTimes article is relevant:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/upshot/gender-stereotypes-survey-girls-boys.html

Boys said strength and toughness were the male character traits most valued by society. Three-quarters said they felt pressure to be physically strong, and a majority felt pressure to play sports.

Asked what society expects boys to do when they feel angry, the largest shares said they were supposed to be aggressive or be quiet and suck it up. When they felt sad or scared, they felt pressure to hide those feelings or to be tough and strong instead. Girls were more able to express themselves by crying, screaming or talking about their feelings, respondents said. 
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“It’s not just girls who get hurt,” said Barbara Risman, a sociology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who studies young people’s gender attitudes. “I call it boys policing each other to be boyish, particularly when showing emotions or wanting to do something considered feminine, like volleyball or ballet. They have the sense that they can’t stray a bit.”

In Happy Valley, boys said the qualities they valued most in themselves were ambition and intelligence — but they were deeply aware that society valued male strength. [/quote]

This is true, but the opposite sex does just as much policing of gender roles. [/quote]

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