The answer, of course, is nothing! Gender doesn’t affect your ability to draw, write, do long division, run a marathon or be president.
Sure, there are measurable differences between boys and girls, but researchers believe that may be a result of reinforced stereotypes. I personally believe that even though men and women are wonderfully different, our abilities are ultimately the same. And though I’m really lucky to have grown up in a generation where I was never told that being a girl made me less able, I still feel like I was encouraged down a different path than I would have chosen for myself.
Leslie Knope, a character on the popular show Parks & Recreation, uses a slew of stereotypes to convince a sexist park ranger that she is to blame for a hunting accident.
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