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TreasonousBastard

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14. I have my own anecdote...

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Sat Oct 6, 2012, 09:55 PM

Oct 2012

years ago I was involved with a woman who had twins a year or so before I met her. She told me she was amazed that from the time they started crawling about they were very definitely male and female. The girl was drawn to color while the boy was drawn to movement and the girl favored dolls and frilly clothes while the boy favored balls, bats, and such and ignored frilly things.

Just one of no doubt thousands of observations that in itself means little, but considering the complex physical, genetic, and chemical differences between human males and females-- some things must be hardwired.

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