What do you think would happen if you gave a normal little boy only girl toys to play with and they only played girls?
Do you thinks babies play with girl or boy toys because they are given to them or because they instinctively play with their gender's toys?
2007-11-26 12:45:29 · 3 answers · asked by Random 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Hey, Greydoc can you allow email; I want to ask you something.
2007-11-26 14:38:48 · update #1
A small fraction of infants are born with ambiguous genitalia, that is, you can't be certain if they are male or female. Another term for this is intersex. Chromosome testing usually settles the issue. However, it is easier to surgically transform the child into a female. This was standard procedure from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prominent psychologists confirmed that if you reared a child as a female, the child will naturally assume a female identity.
As it turns out, the psychologists were wrong. Further study of these individuals reveals a broad spectrum of reactions, but many persons with intersex, especially those who were chromosomally males, do not have a female orientation in adulthood. Consequently, there has been a major shift in gender assignment policy in infancy.
Now for your second question. Babies will play with whatever toys are given them. As they become toddlers, most will gradually develop a preference with gender specific toys. Both nature and nurture play a role in this.
2007-11-26 14:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a son who has 2 older sisters. He has a dad around for a role model. He plays with both toys. And can play both type games.the more fufu girly games or rough and tumble boy stuff. Hes now almost 7 but when he was around 2-4 he used to ask for make up and nails to be painted because he seen his sisters doin it and did not realize or understand gender things. hes now a completely normal boy who prefers his boy toys but can and sometimes does play girly things with his 2 older sisters.
2007-11-26 12:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by froggishlycute 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the heck would you do that? The boy will not turn out to be boy. Do yo u really want that to happen?
Babies will play with whatever toys you give them. They can't think right just yet.
2007-11-26 12:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Kammaira 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋