Comments on: Are men really from mars and Women from Venus?

By: Standing Up For Our Children

Standing Up For Our Children — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:07:38 +0000

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By: Does Gender Define Me?

Does Gender Define Me? — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:15:19 +0000

[...] role of gender has always intrigued me and made me write this post three years back. I think that we are all ardhanaris basically, with varying degrees depending [...]

By: The girl child issue « The normal self

The girl child issue « The normal self — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:26:19 +0000

[...] to add: Following link is relevant to some of the issues discussed in the comment section. Are men really from mars and Women from Venus? by UTBT. One thing that really lurks in the back of my head all the time is that, I may not mind bringing [...]

By: How Does Sense Of Humor Develop In Children? « Under The Banyan Tree

How Does Sense Of Humor Develop In Children? « Under The Banyan Tree — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:23:44 +0000

[...] more interesting information: Coming back to one of my all time favorite topics, gender differences, sense of humor starts off the same in children of both sexes. Around 6 years or so, owing to the [...]

By: aargeesworld

aargeesworld — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:02:15 +0000

That was a very nice post….liked it a lot

By: Anji Capes

Anji Capes — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:05:40 +0000

Fantastic! This post reminded me of a quote by Gloria Steinem:

“We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.”

By: Aparna

Aparna — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:47:52 +0000

In my (limited) experience, I thought girls get more gender conscious than boys. I was really surprised when my 4 and 1/2 yrs old girl commented to a 4 yr old boy not to play with dora toys as it was girls’ toys! The height is when she teams up with me and leaves out her Dad!
I have always tried not to brand anything ‘boyish/girlish’ but she learns it anyway from school from other girls!!

By: utbtkids

utbtkids — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:51:34 +0000

Welcome kowsalya. I was going through your Ninaivalai-gal(cool name). After reading you post about co-sleeping, the wheels in my mind are rolling. Will do a post about it soon.

Poppin’s mom – hope Poppin is doing okay without her grandma. Well… it is one of the things the boys have got it tough. Even the most liberal parents are not too kicked to se their son ‘dressed up’

Sundar, there is a possibility that the second one might soon follow her big sister’s steps. Younger children are know to take the older sibling as their primary role model!

Tharini, I am not surprised. Nothing surprises me any more! I would love to see your post on this. Hope the bday preps are coming along fine.

By: Tharini

Tharini — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:36:40 +0000

Very interesting UTBT. I didn’t know you were an educator. Lovely, to have a hand in shaping the young lives.

You made one important point…whichis its ok for a girl be to a tomboy, but there’s no such thing as a tomgirl, for a boy. I have faced gender typing issues with Akhil already…where once he wanted to wear my makeup and I told him that’s only for girls…it was very interesting to note all ur observations on boys…the ramming things head on, need for repititiveness, outdoors, rough play etc. I see that sooo much in Akhil.

And beleiev it or not (by now I know you will)..I was thinking of doing a post on some of the things Akhil does to amuse himself, how he keeps himself occupied, and this post wud have had a bent on the typical-ness of boys.

By: sundar narayanan

sundar narayanan — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:17:49 +0000

ha ha.. good one.

I was going to write about this after my India trip..but forgot.

ever notice how Diego is the most popular cartoon for kids in India ?

it is not Dora the Explorer!! Apparently in India boys control TV ratings more than girls and boys dont want Dora as the protagonist !! so they took Diego (Dora’s cousin) and made him the main character..

have been experimenting with the kids on this topic. our first one goes only after barbies. the second one is more open to cars, trains and trucks! but they both like pretty dresses, jewelry, dressing up, shoes, etc..

you said it right “if your girl is too girl-ish”!!