http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/08/13/lessons-from-the-lion-cage/ The Official Blog for Womens Network Australia Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/08/13/lessons-from-the-lion-cage/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Luca Ricciardiello Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:58:10 +0000 http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/08/13/lessons-from-the-lion-cage/#comment-100 I watched a great ABC documentary once where they tested the nature vs nurture debate. They dressed a male child in boy's clothes and placed him in a room with two strangers and watched the interaction from behind a one-way mirror. Both adults played with the child, grabbed all the boy toys like cars and trucks and were even physically rougher with the child. They then removed the male child, dressed him in frilly pink girl's clothes and placed the child back in the same room with the same adults. They then played with the child much gentler, picked up dolls, soft toys and story books and were very subdued. I certainly think nurture plays a very big part in who our kids become, but so does nature or all same sex twins or kids within the same family would be clones. I watched a great ABC documentary once where they tested the nature vs nurture debate. They dressed a male child in boy’s clothes and placed him in a room with two strangers and watched the interaction from behind a one-way mirror. Both adults played with the child, grabbed all the boy toys like cars and trucks and were even physically rougher with the child. They then removed the male child, dressed him in frilly pink girl’s clothes and placed the child back in the same room with the same adults. They then played with the child much gentler, picked up dolls, soft toys and story books and were very subdued. I certainly think nurture plays a very big part in who our kids become, but so does nature or all same sex twins or kids within the same family would be clones.

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