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You're missing the point. Girls are subjected to a constant bombardment of media stereotypes that say, among other things, they should not science. This makes counter-messaging, in a multitude of forms, necessary.

I mean... "flighty." Boys are rarely described as flighty, so there's a negatively-charged gender stereotype right there.

Rather, girls age 4-9 are quite impressionable (just like boys are), and something as simple as a t-shirt message can be quite profound to that audience... good or bad. By the time they've advanced from that age, a sense of identity is emerging, and gender (and any social expectations around that) is an important part of it.


By women's "inclinations" you mean "socially-prescribed gender role." Which is, again, the entire point.