From the time anyone knows there is a baby on the way, it is being categorized. People want to know whether it is a boy or a girl. They want to feel comfortable making assumptions about how it will behave and look and feel. Before the child has a chance it is already being defined by the world’s assumptions about what girls and boys should and should not be. And as you could see from Chapter 12, those gender assumptions have a dangerous impact on the way people treat each other and thus on the quality of a Thinking Environment.
