Boy or Girl - we're not telling you!!!!

Eyepopper · 23rd January 2012, 12:20

Who knows... and what I'm saying about self identity isn't me saying it, its theory of Jung, Freud, Piaget and others upon which lots of psychological theory is based.

In terms of race, negative connotations of race, particularly in the west, are a product of colonialism rather than a difference in identification, just as sexism is a learned rather than instinctual behaviour.

spinoza · 23rd January 2012, 14:28

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Originally Posted by rcoobc

Spinoza you say your child has already started liking boys stuff more than anything else? Great there is nothing wrong with that, maybe you influenced him maybe you didn't, it doesn't matter. Its healthy and normal. These parents say they didn't influence their child and that he put those clothes on because it was fun. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with that either. My 6 year old sister loves to play football (although she detests watching it). She loves running around and getting dirty in the mud. Nothing wrong with that either. Its perfectly normal and healthy. She also loves puzzles and tv which is very gender neutral itself.

Of course it doesn't matter. I started off in the same place as you, where I thought I didn't want to influence my child to hew to gender norms such as always wearing blue instead of pink - that's just silly. But there actually is a difference between boys and girls, based on observing my little boy. He's a mummy's boy, as all little boys are, but curiously prefers to do the things daddy likes. And cars. I never really liked cars. Or trains. Those are all his own.

Eyepopper · 23rd January 2012, 14:29

Cuddles from Mum, doing stuff with Dad.... thats generally how little boys develop.

Vidic_In_Moscow · 23rd January 2012, 14:43

He definitely won't develop psychological problems and/or have a mental breakdown and/or shoot up the school... or will he?

spinoza · 23rd January 2012, 15:17

Fucked if I know.

Laphroaig · 23rd January 2012, 23:27

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Originally Posted by niMic

I am almost certain that is not correct. Boys and girls are.. boys and girls. They are different, and their brains are different.

Do we actually know anything significant about the difference in brains?

Maybe there are differences in what people of different sexes will be interested in, but I get the impression that difference in behaviour is rather more down to how differently they're treated. (Example: Interesting piece from forskning.no.)

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23rd January 2012, 12:20	#41 (permalink)
Eyepopper Lowering the tone since 2006 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, think I'm heading home! Posts: 50,153	Who knows... and what I'm saying about self identity isn't me saying it, its theory of Jung, Freud, Piaget and others upon which lots of psychological theory is based. In terms of race, negative connotations of race, particularly in the west, are a product of colonialism rather than a difference in identification, just as sexism is a learned rather than instinctual behaviour.

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Eyepopper Lowering the tone since 2006 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, think I'm heading home! Posts: 50,153	Cuddles from Mum, doing stuff with Dad.... thats generally how little boys develop.

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Vidic_In_Moscow First Team Sub Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 6,426	He definitely won't develop psychological problems and/or have a mental breakdown and/or shoot up the school... or will he?

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spinoza Paz's ion Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Walking in a whisky wonderland. Posts: 24,186	Fucked if I know.