Take Two – Public Radio Interview with Prof. Kane about her book “The Gender Trap”

Professor Emily Kane talks about her book, “The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls”, and why customs like pink for girls and blue for boys are not necessarily benign choices.  In her interview, she says that by choosing gender-specific opportunities and surroundings for our children, “we’re constructing these categories of boys and girls and kind of convincing ourselves that it’s inevitable.”  But it’s not inevitable.

View story from Take Two of Southern California Public Radio, Oct. 25, 2012