Boys and Girls at Play: The Development of Sex Roles

activities adult aggressive apparent associated attention baby become begin behaviors boys and girls child cognitive concept contacts continue cross-sex cultural dependent described direct dolls domestic dominance dyads early emerges encounters engage equal experience express father feelings female feminine findings friendship function gender give greater hierarchies human identification identity important increase individual infants Initiation insults interaction interest involved less look major male masculine means molesting mother nature negative nurturing objects observed occurs organization parents patterns Peer Contacts peer group period physical play positive preschool present provides psychological rank reflect relations relationships relatively reports Response same-sex says seems sex differences sex role sexual similar social society specific status stereotypes structure suggests teacher tend tion whereas women young children