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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Violet" data-source="post: 115112" data-attributes="member: 4641">Hmmm I think that learning to ride a unicycle is pretty tough hehehOther than that, it's so easy to generalise <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite117" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ... I like drawing parallels between what I read here and what goes on in the Netherlands. It's probably just like Mandylion points out, it depends on how conservative schools are. The Netherlands are pretty liberal, but I often think the liberalism is just perceived liberalism in many cases. There is a world of difference between what goes on in the big cities and the more rural areas and even within cities it depends if you are attending a public school - this is not like the British schools, it just means that schools are not based on religion but are open to anyone, although these days all schools are open to everyone, but I digress - or attending a protestant/catholic school. The conservative schools even these days - apart from the general curriculum - tend to put some extra time in teaching girls useful things for later in life where they are expected to give birth to kids and mind the house <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite118" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ... the boys shall spend more time doing 'manly'  stuff, like sports. But luckily, most schools seem to have adapted to modern times where girls and boys are treated equally heheh ...So I guess it's something that can happen everywhere ... although in Japan, the girls at least seem to get to grips with three-legged races ... that's something I've hardly ever seen done in Holland, or maybe I lead a sheltered life <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite118" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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