What Little Girls Learn, That Little Boys Will Never Know
I never learned the nursery rhyme "What are little boys made of" and only recently heard about it. And the more I thought about it, the more I kept thinking about how an imbalance is created in children at a very young age. Seemingly innocent I believe this nursery rhyme creates an artificial division between the genders. For those of you who've never heard it, here it is....
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails,
And puppy dog tails,
That's what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.
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