Do Girls Really Want to Play With Toys?

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"I don't think that they should be wanting to play with the same toys. That's your end." "Why not let society and commercials and their friends tell them what to play with? All I'm saying is, you're a parent... why not get your daughter in Aunt Farm instead of the fucking princess from Disney?" 'If the problem is we're not getting girls into science enough,' she says,. 'that might have something to do with it' ''You are being so thick-headed about this,'" he adds. "'The premise is that there are subtle gender stereotypical communications that go along with the kinds of activities and toys that girls are encouraged to play with'"

A British tabloid article about kids, brains, and spatial skills somehow provokes the biggest argument ever on the podcast. Dave and Tamler get into it about gender, toys, properly rounded brains, and balanced "play diets." Is Dave a sanctimonious toe-the-line academic liberal? Is Tamler a Fox-News watching, mysoginist genetic determinist? Do they actually disagree about anything?

Plus Dave takes Tamler back after his fling with Partially Examined Life, and we discuss whether the new documentary The Unbelievers the atheist version of God is Not Dead?

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