Boys Versus Girls

For both boys and girls to reach their full potential, they need same attention and encouragement from the get-go. Before getting deeper into the issue, let’s get the difference between Sex and Gender straight, According to the World Health Organisation, ‘Sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women and Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women’. By this definition, it is society that puts gender tags on a person. Thankfully, these tags are not placed on brain development and that justifies my point-there is not much difference between boys and girls.

Without sounding cliché, what a boy can do, a girl can do and what a girl can do, a boy can do too. At an early stage, children should be made to understand this phenomenon. Reading is not for girls and Maths is not for boys. Science is not boyish and sewing is not girlish. Writing beautifully is not a girl trait and drawing is not synonymous to boys. It is all about the brain. Feed it right, and it is nourished to function well. Breaking gender stereotypes is not punishable by law so push yourself, no matter your sex and achieve great feats.

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