The majority of the girls would like to work in the health sector, while the boys preferred it and engineering.

大多数女孩想在卫生部门工作，但是男孩却愈加偏好IT和工程。

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Boys are punished and urged to conform to a more feminine style of play instead of being taught how to play responsibly with their preferred toys.

教师们惩罚男孩，驱使男孩进行一些更女性化的游戏，而不是教他们如何有责任感地玩他们喜欢的玩具。

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I would have preferred the Hardy Boys, preferred to gallop alongside the Riders of the Purple Sage, but I was afraid of teachers then, and so I read.

我本可以选择看《哈迪男孩》，我本可以选择看《紫艾灌丛中的骑士们》，但当时的我太怕老师，所以还是读了《杀死一只知更鸟》。

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For instance, all of the mothers allowed their children to sleep in Jackson's bedroom from the start, some of them suffered instances in which they felt their boys preferred Jackson's company to their own, and all of them benefited from Jackson's financial help.

CNN: Jackson Case: Boys' relatives: Sleepovers were innocent fun