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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.96,0:00:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, from birth all the way to adulthood,\Nboys are told to like trucks and sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.04,0:00:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're told not to cry
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.24,0:00:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they should like math\Nand science, not theater and art.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girls are told to be\Nfrilly little pink princesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.74,0:00:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're told to play with dolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.59,0:00:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are taught how to cook and clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.46,0:00:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while their counterparts are told to just\Nfind someone who knows how to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.29,0:00:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people would argue that they treat\Ntheir sons and daughters equally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.06,0:00:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but parents don't without even knowing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.34,0:00:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a study conducted\Nby neuroscientist Lise Eliot,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.73,0:00:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mothers were asked to put their babies\Non a downward slope.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.51,0:00:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They then estimated how steep of a slope\Ntheir 11-month-olds could crawl down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.18,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers with boys got it right\Nto within one degree
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while mothers with daughters\Nunderestimated their ability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by about nine degrees
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.23,0:00:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite lack of differences\Nin motor skills
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.23,0:00:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between young boys and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.67,0:00:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We underestimate our children\Nwithout even knowing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.20,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is it really our fault
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.47,0:00:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we, as a society,\Nhave been doing that for centuries?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.24,0:00:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember Margaret Hamilton,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.63,0:00:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman who helped build\Nthe Apollo 11 on-flight software?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.99,0:01:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about Rebecca Latimer Felton,\Nthe first woman senator in the US?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.95,0:01:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caroline Herschel, the German astronomer\Nwho founded many comets?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.80,0:01:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Society's been telling us what roles\Nwe play in the world for centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.19,0:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from men needing to be strong\Nto women needing to be delicate,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.10,0:01:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our thoughts about what men and women\Nare perceived as is atrocious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.29,0:01:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to landofthebrave.info,\Nthe tasks of colonial women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.21,0:01:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was from 1607 to 1763,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.42,0:01:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were to cook, clean,\Nand tend to the children and animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.25,0:01:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tasks of colonial men,\Nas stated in public.gettysburg.edu,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.83,0:01:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were to have social power,\Nbe educated and own property.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.30,0:01:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also stated that men usually\Ndidn't step outside of the gender roles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.74,0:01:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they already had\Nall the freedom that they needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.45,0:01:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women, however,\Nlacked the same type of freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.65,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often got in trouble\Nfor stepping outside of the limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.46,0:01:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still treat people the same way\Nthat we did roughly 409 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.93,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like America still\Nprosecuting people for witchcraft.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.99,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an image search\Nof the phrase "boys' toys,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything that showed up\Nhad to do with a gun,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a car of some sort, some tools,\Nsuperheroes or dinosaurs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.57,0:02:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In another image search\Nof the phrase "girls' toys,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.99,0:02:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything that showed up was pink,\Nhad to do with a castle or a princess,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.46,0:02:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a play kitchen and cosmetics set.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another reason we treat our sons\Ndifferently than our daughters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.22,0:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because of the way\Nwe are marketed things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.32,0:02:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an article written by Laurie Futterman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.32,0:02:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studies show from six to 12 months old,\Nboth sexes prefer dolls to trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.80,0:02:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people might argue
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.91,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that playing with a doll,\Na traditionally female toy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.39,0:02:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might confuse the child\Nabout their gender or sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.03,0:02:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that could not be more wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.61,0:02:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing with a doll could help the child\Nwith nurturing and relationship building,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.15,0:02:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Rebecca Haynes in her article\N"Why Boys Should Play With Dolls."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.77,0:02:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would we deprive young children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.49,0:02:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the ability to love\Nand care for something?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.87,0:02:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking all of this into account,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.70,0:02:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people do in fact treat their sons\Ndifferent than their daughters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.80,0:02:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's because\Npeople don't like change,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.86,0:02:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or because we're advertised\Nto gender norms all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.52,0:02:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let the little boys play with dolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.38,0:02:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let the little girls play with trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.19,0:02:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let the boys wear pink.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.47,0:02:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't mean the shirts that say,\N"Tough guys wear pink."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.33,0:02:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them be delicate or let them be rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.34,0:03:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach the boys how to cook\Nand teach the girls how to fix a flat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.39,0:03:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't make your kids\Nrely on others for simple things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.91,0:03:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them be who and what they want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.86,0:03:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To quote Margaret Fuller,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.10,0:03:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's no wholly masculine man,\Nno purely feminine woman."