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Woah there. Even when a child is 1 or 2, they start to exhibit the traits that show what they want. Way before they have any peer group, before they can be advertised at etc etc.

Girls want to care for things, communicate, etc, and boys want to blow stuff up or build stuff. It's preprogrammed into our DNA.

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Whoa. Programmed into our DNA, that's a pretty extraordinary claim. Consider feral children:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children#Reality

http://planetark.org/wen/53118

> "When carers leave the room, the girl jumps at the door and barks," the police said.

An extreme example I admit, but if it's preprogrammed into out DNA shouldn't she be "caring for things" instead?

No, because an anecdote does not data make.

It always amuses me how some people absolutely believe that being gay is 'preprogrammed into their DNA', but refuse to accept that there is any difference between the sexes.

Wait until you've had a son and daughter, then come back and report what massive differences in behaviour there was right from birth.

Except that parents, caregivers, and strangers treat baby girls different than they treat baby boys.

And they usually dress them differently (girls get girl clothes, boys get boy clothes).

http://www.newsweek.com/why-parents-may-cause-gender-differe...

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