... building. I loved to play outside. I remember getting home from school and barely changing out of my uniform and rushing downstairs to play with my friends. I loved bringing my Barbi dolls out and playing dress up with the other girls. I also loved playing with the boys. I was a real tomboy. Every were the boys went I wanted to go. Everything ... those days, one on my chin and the other on my eyebrow. Every other weekend we would drive one hour and half to my grandmother's house. She lived and still lives in a very small town. At the time only the main streets were paved, so the road my...

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... and the money he made would be used by all in the household. The traditional role of the woman was to stay home, take care of the children, clean the house, and cook. Because society has always associated money with power, the person bringing home the money had the power. The man often makes the final decision on all household matters ... get pink blankets. Toys are targeted at either boys or girls. Toys that are targeted at boys include trucks, blocks, guns, and soldiers. Toys that are targeted at girls include dolls, kitchen utensils, and doll houses. Boys are raised to be aggressive,...

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... times, and automatons were also devised in China. By the 18th century, a number of extremely clever automatons became famous for a while. Swiss craftsman Pierre Jacquet-Droz, for example, built mechanical dolls that could draw a simple figure or play music on a miniature organ. Clockwork figures of this sort are rarely made any longer, but many of the so called robots built today ... on two legs is very hard for computer-controlled mechanical systems to duplicate. In fact, the most stable walker made, is a six-legged system. A true android would also have to house or be linked to the co...

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