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The idea that there's One Consistent Way that boys are socialized and then One Consistent Way that girls are socialized doesn't even hold together if you're looking at white middle class suburban families. Once you take into account that this is a small fraction of all people, well...
My parents raised me to never cry and that sadness was acceptable in only a few scenarios. Was that a factor of them raising me as a boy? No - it was a factor of them raising me as an Eastern European.
They also raised me to clean up after everyone. Was that a factor of raising me as a girl? No - it was a factor of them raising me as poor.
My parents raised me to never cry and that sadness was acceptable in only a few scenarios. Was that a factor of them raising me as a boy? No - it was a factor of them raising me as an Eastern European.
They also raised me to clean up after everyone. Was that a factor of raising me as a girl? No - it was a factor of them raising me as poor.
