Katha Pollitt in her article entitled, "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" illuminates a very powerful social movement in history that has succeeded in many institutions. ... Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help change diapers and clean house, they would be in a group of nonconformists if they taught this to their children, through play. Many parents do not go out and buy dolls for their sons, so they can practice parenting, as girls do, just as they ...

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