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    Differential socialization constitutes a form of discrimi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→FEO should be modified so that if a person ends up with lesser prospects of success because their ambition was reduced by prejudicial or discriminatory socialization, then FEO is violated.

    Differential socialization constitutes a form of discrimination that undermines equal opportunity.

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    But other cases are different and call in question this division of responsibility. Suppose that FEO obtains in a society but overwhelmingly boys develop the ambition to pursue challenging and lucrative careers and girls overwhelmingly do not. The explanation is that boys and girls alike are subjected to a rigid form of socialization which instills ambition in boys and quashes it in girls. In this case one might say that even though FEO is not violated when Sam and Ben become lawyers and doctors

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