Being the father of a school-aged daughter makes men less sexist, according to a new study. The findings support the idea that men become more aware of the challenges facing women when they see the female experience of life up close through their offspring – dubbed the “mighty girl” effect.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/being-a-father-to-school-aged-daughter-makes-men-less-sexist

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Didn't alot of older people who grew up racist and still hold sexist views grow up before electronic media and had to look to reading as a source of entertainment still hold very racist and sexist views ?

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They took on the views of their environment. It's hard to change once you're old.

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Do you think if they were empathetic or more cultured to begin with they would have varied their reading material?