{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Toksyuryel (toksyuryel)'s status on Sunday, 20-May-12 13:48:49 UTC","author_name":"Toksyuryel (toksyuryel)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/toksyuryel","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1414606","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"My real name\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> It's layered atop several things but the root of it is instinct; indeed, instinct comes into play on multiple levels to enforce the continual buildup of gender roles. As social creatures we not only have gender-based instincts but we also have society-based instincts. So the gender-based instincts establish roles on a societal level, and then society-based instincts enforce conformity with them. Fitting in, being part of the group, or to put it more bluntly not rocking the boat is a fundamental social instinct of ours so once something becomes established it becomes very difficult to unestablish it."}