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Originally Posted by adysav
or we could go by what the report actually says:
"It cannot be fairly concluded through the analysis of these data that those forces are based on gender bias"
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A response like this indicates to me that you're a man that only sees what he wants to see.
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How can someone not be permitted to do something by expectations?
If I wanted to stay at home with my child while my wife went to work as a builder, then that's what we would do.
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Ok, so why doesn't she want to be a builder? Is it that you also think that men are naturally better builders than women?
Do you understand the difference between the socialization process creating social norms and standards that create acceptable life-paths, and absolute freedom? We could all theoretically do lots of things, but we choose based on what we see around us (such as what others <i>like us</i> do around us). There are so many pressures put on us from the time we are born to fit into acceptable gender roles. Can you think back to the playground to how the guy who acted more like the girls was treated? The tomboy? What about how parents raise their children? Have you watched television lately? Read any books?
Expectations shape behavior. In the sense that I don't want to do a lot of things because my expectations have been shaped by my environment. In this sense that a lot of the things I do and want to do have been shaped by my environment. I think you are really missing a huge aspect of how humanity actually works with your essentialistic attitude.