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My mom thought that babies were babies, children were children, and that behavioral differences between boys and girls were taught. She had four boys -- when the youngest was five, she had me, the only girl.

She changed her mind after that. She realized that the profound differences in my very feminine behavior compared to my brothers, virtually from infancy, were not taught.

Women didn't invent or build airplanes. Women didn't invent or build firearms. Women didn't invent or build steam locomotives. Women didn't invent or build motorcycles. Yes, there are some women who are wired like men in that department, I know a few and like/admire them very much; they are as good at building, engineering, and inventing as the guys. But they are few and far between.

I run with women who respect men, love men for being men, and accept the intrinsic differences between men and women.

I learned young: Men are the SOLE defenders of women. We women have the freedoms we do in the West solely because men allow us to have them. Where men don't defend women, women are chattel and slaves. Look at Islam.

God bless you, Salamander!