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Today, for better and for worse, our gender behaviors are knit so closely into the weave of societal expectations, our individual expectations as parents, and a child''s personal taste and biology, that none of us can pick it apart. In the 1970s, feminists were interested in giving dolls to boys in order to feed their nurturing side; as a feminist in the 1990s, I love seeing Riley nurture his front loaders -- they fall down, bump their heads, get kisses, eat, nurse, poop on the floor. I do not feel remiss for having "caved in" to the truck gene, as a friend metabocordlessdrillhammer put it the other day. Allowing Riley the room -- and the books, songs, toys, games, and encouragement -- to explore his love for construction machinery has not robbed him of the whole range of complicated emotions making up his psyche.

Today, for better and for worse, our gender behaviors are knit so closely into the weave of societal expectations, our individual expectations as parents, and a child''s personal taste and biology, that none of us can pick it apart. In the 1970s, feminists were interested in giving dolls to boys in order to feed their nurturing side; as a feminist in the 1990s, I love seeing Riley nurture his front loaders -- they fall down, bump their heads, get kisses, eat, nurse, poop on the floor. I do not feel remiss for having "caved in" to the truck gene, as a friend metabocordlessdrillhammer put it the other day. Allowing Riley the room -- and the books, songs, toys, games, and encouragement -- to explore his love for construction machinery has not robbed him of the whole range of complicated emotions making up his psyche.

Environmentalists have been quick to point fingers at chip mills for devastating forestry practices. But the industry insists it''s "out of the loop" concerning timber cuts, since operators purchase their supply from private landholders. Industry officials are so infuriated, many refused to comment. The line connecting chip mills to clearcuts and destructive forestry isn''t a straight one, but it is visible. Dean Carson of the South Carolina Forestry Commission argues that chips can be transported more efficiently, using less energy, than large pieces of timber, and mills can utilize metabocordlessdrillhammer the whole tree. But processing the whole tree is exactly what has brought the mills under fire: because lumber is chipped into one-inch pieces, any size scrap of timber will do. With new markets opening up for treetops, undersized trees, and forked or crooked specimens, landowners have added incentive to clearcut a site for quick profits, instead of harvesting selected trees to be cut into boards. And timber previously left behind to continue maturing, or that provided wildlife habitat or eroded to replenish soils, now finds itself in the steely mouths of the chippers. A 1998 U.S. Forest Service report says clearcutting accounts for 13 percent of logged land in the South. And because the chips are needed for everything from rayon and plastics to particleboard and paper, chip markets continue growing. Timber giant Willamette Industries says chip mills allow landowners to merchandise otherwise unusable trees, discouraging forestry practices like "high-grading" (cutting only the healthiest trees). "Clearcutting is often the best tool to assure a rich, diverse forest," claims Willamette''s web site. "Many songbirds and other types of wildlife require open areas for nesting and food gathering."