gendered training

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I didn’t have close parental supervision, gender training, as it happens, so I don’t relate to this idea of trailing along behind mummy or boys goin’ a huntin’ or whatever the gender segregated notions happen to be. I don’t find that training cute or particularly interesting. It’s just American. Also, I find that Americans take gender differences for granted and assume them to be absolute, whereas I’m much more free and easy. I find the idea that men and women are fundamentally different to be an eros killer. After all, if the person you go out with is your polar opposite, your contradiction, in a way, then what’s the point? There are easier ways to commit slow suicide.