Having my own kids has opened my eyes to the fact that PEOPLE are different, "virtually from day one." Regardless of whether they possess a penis or not. One of my sons is a "typical boy," the other is decidedly not. Both are chromasomally male, and have all secondary sexual characteristics of boys. I suspect that, were I to become a pod person and actually purchase a Barbie (blech! ptui!) they would have decidedly different ideas on how to play with it. I dig that about them. Glad I didn't tag 'em with certain qualities at birth.
Oh, please. I have two sons, and "they play different, they have different interests, and they have different skills."
It's very nice that everyone is concerned about the homogenization of the two genders -- how about we try to avoid homogenizing even ONE gender? Both my boys have a penis and XY chromies, beyond that they're quite different.
FTR, both boys are from the same gene pool and have been raised in the same household (well, #2's family included #1, but other than that, all factors are the same).
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Having my own kids has opened my eyes to the fact that PEOPLE are different, "virtually from day one." Regardless of whether they possess a penis or not. One of my sons is a "typical boy," the other is decidedly not. Both are chromasomally male, and have all secondary sexual characteristics of boys. I suspect that, were I to become a pod person and actually purchase a Barbie (blech! ptui!) they would have decidedly different ideas on how to play with it. I dig that about them. Glad I didn't tag 'em with certain qualities at birth.
Oh, please. I have two sons, and "they play different, they have different interests, and they have different skills." It's very nice that everyone is concerned about the homogenization of the two genders -- how about we try to avoid homogenizing even ONE gender? Both my boys have a penis and XY chromies, beyond that they're quite different. FTR, both boys are from the same gene pool and have been raised in the same household (well, #2's family included #1, but other than that, all factors are the same).