It&#x27;s important to realize that this pushback you are seeing is not because people think girls should not play with chemistry sets. It&#x27;s because, in point of fact, there _is_ a cultural force out there that exists, that insists that boys and girls are blank slates and if not for antiquated belief systems, all jobs or interests would be split 50&#x2F;50 across genders.<p>They are pushing back against the pressure to conform to this new dogma, not that they would deny any particular girl access to a &quot;boy&#x27;s things&quot;.