1. Gender Identity in Adolescence
... action figure during childhood, 83.4% where male, whereas 100% of the sample group who identified engaging in play with a plush toy were female (see figure 1). In the norms of the Australian Society action figures are considered a male toy, where plush toys are usually connected to females. This data supports this idea of parents reinforcing the social conditioning created by societal norms ... complex social hierarchies. In referencing another part of Bem theory she explores a notion of androcentrism which states that masculinity is superior to femininity and the actions of men in our ...
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