Mothers Are the Most Responsible in Transferring of Sexist Attitudes, Study Suggests

[iverglas]

1. well duh ;)

Mothers have the greatest influence in transference of table manners, too. And language, and life skills, and, well, pretty much everything. One might suspect this is because women still overwhelmingly bear the responsibility for child-rearing.

Social policies that shift some of that responsibility to men, through both incentives and deterrents, might be one place to start. Women with more equal opportunities, more equal income, more equal status themselves might be less likely to convey damaging prejudices about women to their children.

I dunno, there's just something about this that looks like blaming the victim. Educate women not to instil sexism in their kids. How about raise those women's status and opportunities so their kids see less sexism in front of their faces?

Chicken and egg ...