What's with all the white text posts? They're pretty difficult to read against a white screen.

Just had to quote it all again.
Outstanding!

Unfortunately, it might.

To use your deliberate argument from extreme in a constructive manner:

If such a stereotype still formally exists in a particular society, then no one will disagree that the girl label might be somewhat limiting. Even if there is no law against it, societal pressure and indoctrination in explicit and subtle form would have ensured the vast majority of woman do just that.

And while in the First World the zeitgeist has moved away from such old-fashioned values, the stereotypes are still there. Even if you miraculously (and I doubt it) manage to avoid using or implying any of those stereotypes, society will fill in.

It is impossible to eradicate such values from society as a whole, but the idea here is to reduce its effect by minimizing its imprint at the smallest ages (when the child is most vulnerable to them).

The idea should be about teaching the children the meaning of free will in face of society and its stereotypes. A woman, no matter what limitations are imposed upon her by old traditions and (mis)conceptions, should know that she, or indeed, anyone, male and female, so that I don't fall myself into that stereotype, can do/become whatever they want, should they apply their will into it. In some cases it can be difficult, almost impossible, yet determination, not brainwashing, can show the most effect. How better can a woman show that she can do what a male can, if not by doing it herself. How can she break the old stereotypes, if not by not participating in them herself. We should also not forget that there might be those who choose such a life. As long as it is theirs to choose (I realise how difficult it is to ensure that with such images being imposed on them), they should be given that option. Not everyone wants to be a sexless, asexual worker drone.

On the question of education in general. I have to agree that ensuring, let us say, progress and peace in the future, we should start with our children. Yet we must not replace one bias with another, because the second they meet something or someone which/who doesn't comply to the worldviews imposed on them, s*** is going to hit the proverbial fan. Education in this case should focus on diversity of the human condition. Not saying that there is one pre-determined path when the individual's sex is concerned will, in my opinion, be much better than imposing a somewhat wider, yet still limited picture of gender roles. As far as society itself is concerned during such education, focus should not be either on the non-critical acceptance of the left or the hard-headed denial of everything different by the right (it's not always only the extreme left and right that have such ideas, thus I omitted such adjectives). As citizen Portalis said during the French revolution, the state is the society created by individuals amongst themselves (l’État est la société des hommes entre eux). When it comes to human societies, there are no absolutes, so focus should be on allowing the greatest number the greatest personal freedoms, without going into cultural relativism and using either conviction (ideology) or religion as an excuse for the limitation of human rights, either inside or outside the group.

In the end, this is a fairly complex question, one which would demand years of serious study. Better get on with it then...

Apologies for that; I was writing on an unfamiliar computer whose screen did not show up the characters as bold white when I typed the message; if I use that cumputer again, I'l be more careful...