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In reply to the discussion: Why are some men so upset with the idea that treating women differently can promote and teach Sexism. [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)you were from europe. and yes, it is addressed differently.
the thing about nurturing is girls from day one are also taught. no more instinctual. they are taught with dolls and examples from mothers, older sisters, friends and society as a whole.
whereas men are taught they are not nurturers from day one from lack of dolls, role play, example of fathers and brothers, society as a whole.
the more we get away from societal conditioning, the more we see men are equally nurturing.
this lesson was not hard for me. i have two brothers that always lived in an environment of non gender roles with this issue growing up. and they are bother very nurturing. they also both raised their kids because of issues with mothers that were disconnected with the kids. lack of nurturing.
there was a study of women that did not have the same upper body strength doing jobs that required strength. it found that women became equal to peer male employees because they were clever enough to come up with unique ways to handle the challenge. so though they may not have had the upper body strength, they implemented the brain that allowed them to accomplish the job just as successfully.