An old custom in India (I believe) not practiced anymore, was if a family had only daughters then the tenth girl of the family would be raised as a boy.
She/He would do all the things that a boy would be expected to do in the society including ploughing land, building structures, marrying a woman, inherit land, etc. This practise was ended only a few years ago in the very remotest communities. The reason for this is people (western world) thought it was a barbaric practise.
These women were however in no reasonable way miss-treated, except for the fact that they were expected to live as a man. These women even though of themselves as male, no matter what their gender was.
So my question is, How does the society that we live in influence our perception of our gender? Men do not cry, women can't read maps, how much of this is B.S. and how much does our society influence us to be a certain way?
SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY!
Please explain your answer without stereotypes.
Thanks
2007-02-26
18:16:03
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Arthur N
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