Who says raising boys is easier?

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30. The only reason there are differences in gender is because society invents these roles.

Children have these roles enforced from the moment they can talk and sometimes even before that. For instance when painting rooms, parents often chose pink for girls and blue for boys. They often buy boys toy trucks and toy guns and buy girls kitchen "play sets" (since when is cleaning fun?), girls are told to play with dolls, boys are told to play with monster trucks. I'm not blaming the parents, its a problem in society as a whole. Have you ever tried to find a gender neutral toy for a child? I tried buying a present for my 2 year old nephew and I looked to see if I could find anything gender neutral and there wasn't a lot. I think if society stopped enforcing these roles, we would say that a lot of what we consider as "girly" or "boyly" is really just a myth. Granted, there will always be differences based on personality, but I think society enforces these roles to the point where it can really hurt both genders.