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“In actuality, nurturance—the ability to care for another in a matter that enhances well-being—is a learned behaviour. Men learn it as well as women. Patriarchal culture is reinforced when males are not taught ways to nurture and care for others.”

“Girls learn how to be ‘mothers’ by imitating female caretakers and by ritual play with dolls. Male children are not consistently taught how to nurture. Instead they are most often aggressively socialized to reject nurturance and choose domination. War games and all games of pretend violence teach boys that their role is to take life when necessary.”