Question

Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the roles children have to play as adults?

Answer 1

Hint: Gender roles are influenced by cultural stereotypes that raise expectations of appropriate behavior by men and women. Understanding this role is evident in four year olds and is very important for their social development. Gender roles are influenced by the media, family, environment and society.

Complete answer:
List of toys and games played by boys: cars, guns, swords, buses, trains, lions, etc. (Toys), cricket, kabaddi, hockey, football, etc. (games).
List of girls toys and games: dolls, cooking utensils, etc. (Toys), badminton, table tennis, hide and seek, etc. (games).
This game is also played by boys. From the description above, it can be concluded that there are differences between toys for boys and toys for girls. The reason is that our society clearly differentiates between boys and girls. Boys learn to be tough while girls learn to be soft. Boys are expected to do work that emphasizes their masculine qualities, but girls are expected to remain in all feminine virtues. These are all ways of telling kids that they have to play a certain role as they grow up as men and women. Later on, this event affected the subjects they could study or the careers they could choose.

Note:
Gender identity usually develops gradually: Around the age of two - children notice the physical differences between boys and girls. Before your third birthday - Most children can easily be called a boy or a girl. By age four - Most children have a stable sense of gender identity.