Originally posted by JimRaynor
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The society you live in shapes who we are, especially in the case of the roles of what is expected from women and men. If a little girl is given Barbie dolls and Princesses as a toddler and beyond, the expectations are being set. However if they are given Chess pieces to play with instead and remove the expectations of girls, the results may be drastically different. Take for example László Polgár, who believed "geniuses are made, not born" and in order to prove his theory he conducted his excitement on his own daughters, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with two of them becoming the best and second best women chess players in the world. All three daughters became geniuses and went on to accomplish incredible things. László Polgár proved his theory, and he did so by teaching them and removing the typical expectations for girls, they didn't play with my little pony or dream of being a Princess, as if marrying a rich man is their ultimate goal in life.
But yes things are skewed today in our society. We teach our girls to idolize beauty, teach them that getting married is all they can dresm for and when they grow up and are in the real world they realize life isn't "fair", and they complain and moan about inequality. But thst solves nothing. It all starts with our children and how they are raised. If we want to progress further as humans, we should remove the low expectations forced upon our little girls and teach and treat them much differently (same goes for boys as well).
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