This is the typical boys will be girls scenero that has been touted by the wonderful liberl's liberal, Gloria Steinam. She touts the view to raise sons like we raise daughters. The writer of this article is espousing just that. Her gender neutral is not that. It is feminization. Do you really think if she had a daughter she would cut her hair short and make her look like a boy? Do you think she would give her a toy engine and let her tinker on it? I doubt it.

What this shows is while great stride has been made in helping girls and woman become stronger in today's society it has come at the expense of the sons we are raising.

Since the early 90s when a big push was done to help girl's excel in schools boys have started to fail or drop out of school at higher rates. This is because school has become more adaptive to the needs of a girl. They have tried to make boys adapt to that style and it does not work for the normal boy. The normal boy usually is drugged with a drug like Ritalin so he will sit quietly with his hand folded. Boys are not like that. Boys are kinetic with an over abundance of energy. Teachers and school have decided that they don't want to cope with that, especially have they have eliminated recess and gym. Instead of getting those things back into the schools to let boys blow off their steam they are drugged into submission. It is shameful and will create a generation of disillusioned boys who will have a hard time coping with who they are and their gender roles.

Now, I am not an advocator of the father standing aside with arms folded telling his son to "be a man." Quite the contrary, I just had a son twelve days ago and I cuddle him when I get home from work, I feed him, change his diapers, read to him, sing to him, make funny faces to him and generally try to give his life a good and nurturing start. I also believe in compassion since I do have that. However, I think logic needs to be brought into their compassion, at little at a time as it is warranted. Yes, I want my son to have compassion for other creatures but if a bug dies, logic needs to be taught that being sorry for that creature should not elicit tears. Also, cooking and cleaning are good life skills that should be taught to both girls and boys. I do most of the cooking in my house and I iron the clothes when I do laundry.

No matter what the feminists say, boys and girls are very different and need to be raised that way. We can teach girls to be strong, assert themselves, and be leaders but it should never be done at the expense of our sons. It should also be made aware to both sexes the gender roles that are inherent to their sex. I think our society as a whole will be a lot strong if we stop making our sons into daughters.