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[–]HeimdeklediROAR 1 insightful - 5 fun1 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Via an instinct that cues off of certain biological traits in people (presumably some of the same traits that infants use to discern the sex of their parents) that exist in the individuals environment and then modulated through exposure to preexisting societal gender categories.

[–]MarkTwainiac 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Infants discern the differences between their parents and other persons they interact with, and many of these differences are sex-linked. However, I think it's a stretch to say this means they "discern the sex of their parents."

[–]kwallio 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is just biological essentialism. Gender is not biology, biology is not gender. Do better, please.