I recently found this video on Youtube questioning kids and what they think about boys and girls, their own identity in regards to gender, etc. It's kind of disturbing to realize that, at such a young age, people's ideas about gender are already being established. At the same time, it also reveals how vulnerable we are to accepting gender roles the way they are, because as children, I think most would only question how things work and not the reasons behind the reinforcement of such social standards. Having such beliefs set in at an early age would only make it more difficult later on to change them. As of now, changing the way we raise the members of our future generation would be difficult, but allowing them to realize that they have the ability to change such traditional ways of thinking would permit more room for them to develop their own ideas about gender roles in the near future.
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