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Re:Our daughter is into dolls and dress-up. What are program... by pron on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:33PM (#8696781)
You clearly haven't read the article. They're not trying to shape their daughter but protect her from forces that do try to shape her.
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Re:Our daughter is into dolls and dress-up. What are program... by kazinator on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @08:32PM (#8697440)
The mistake is believing that there is a difference.

We have to live in this world, and this world has forces (external and internal also).

Say you're protected from these forces all your life. You still end up shaped somehow. The shaping hasn't gone away.

Protection is merely the flipside of interference.

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Re:Our daughter is into dolls and dress-up. What are program... by pron on Thursday December 04, 2014 @03:10PM (#8701343)
But those forces aren't forces of nature, and we have a duty to try and shape society as we believe it should be. Accepting those forces as givens simply means yielding power to those who do care to shape society.
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