As women have more equal opportunity, the more their preferences differ from men

Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by amanaplanacanal on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:04AM (#18383365)

I have no doubt that this is exactly what happens, but I don't think it shows what you intend it to show. Kids pick up the culture around them, and if they are exposed to television or other children, they are going to pick up what they see.

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, but I don't think it proves anything innate in gender either.

Another part of the problem is our language, and the way we think about it. We have a tendency to say "girls prefer this, and boys prefer that" as a short hand for "on average, girls prefer this and boys prefer that". Those two statements are not the same thing at all. Averages don't say anything about how any individual person thinks. This shortcut of language seems to be a big blind spot in people.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by golemotron on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:35AM (#18383651)

> Kids pick up the culture around them, and if they are exposed to television or other children, they are going to pick up what they see.

Even just hours after being born?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016363830...

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by TulliusCicero on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:58AM (#18383856)

They've shown some strong gender preferences even for babies, though. I find it hard to believe the "well maybe those babies have already had the patriarchy shoved down their throats" crowd.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by vidarh on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @05:21AM (#18389759)

You'll see these kind of preferences long before kids have been exposed to much more than their parents, and even if their parents try to hard to avoid it.

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