Why Are Boys Boys And Girls Girls?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week we're answering questions about gender. We've gotten a lot of questions about the differences between boys and girls so we're tackling them with Vanderbilt anthropologist Anna Catesby Yant and Dr. Lori Racha of UVM Medical Center. This is a frank but age-appropriate conversation about male and female bodies and about how biological sex differs from gender. We think the whole family will enjoy this episode, but you're always free to give our episodes a listen to see if it's right for your young ones.
Other questions in this episode: Why are boys taller than girls? Do only boys have Adam's apples? Why can't girls grow beards? Why do most boys have short hair? Why do girls wear makeup and boys don't? Why do professional sports have all-men's and all-women's teams? Why can more girls do the splits than boys? Why didn't women have as many rights as men back in the olden days?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's me, Jane. |
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| 0:33.1 | Thank you for supporting But Why and Public Media. |
| 0:36.0 | We can only answer questions from kids around the world just like you because of supporters, |
| 0:41.6 | just like you. |
| 0:58.6 | This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm Jane Lindtom. |
| 1:10.9 | On this podcast, we take questions from curious kids just like you all over the world and |
| 1:16.3 | we find answers. |
| 1:17.9 | This week we're answering questions about boys and girls. |
| 1:21.1 | Hello, my name is Simon and I come from Washington, DC and I'm seven years old and my |
| 1:28.0 | question is why are boys and girls boys and girls? |
| 1:32.2 | We're going to be talking in this episode about mail and female bodies and ideas about gender. |
| 1:38.3 | Adults listening, we think the whole family will enjoy this episode but you're always |
| 1:42.2 | free to give our episodes a listen first to see if it's right before playing it for |
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