From the very beginning we treat them differently. Girls are in pink, and boys are in blue. And the truth is sometimes we don't know we're doing it and probably can't help it. It all goes back to the way we were raised and the stereotypes that society has hammered into us. From the very beginning we treat them differently.
Girls are in pink, and boys are in blue.
And the truth is sometimes we don't know we're doing it and probably can't help it. It all goes back to the way we were raised and the stereotypes that society has hammered into us. The differential treatment actually starts before birth thanks to procedures like amniocentesis, which can determine the sex of a fetus at four months. Lerner said one study showed that parents talk more to a female fetus, use more nicknames and baby talk and touch the mother's belly more often. Another truth is that even if we try to raise our kids sexless, many parents will see their daughters, if given a choice between a car and a doll, go for the doll.