Conforming Our Children After observing the interactions of families at a local toy store, it is possible to say that society’s standard for gender roles are even enacted in young children. The stereotypes are introduced to them by way of family members and the media. These influences teach children that they are supposed to like and dislike certain things to be considered “normal”. For the most part, the boys shy away from the forbidden …showed first 75 words of 722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 722 total…genders stay to their own part of the store. The separation also further recognizes the two separate gender stereotypes. For the most part, boys did not freely go into the “pink zone” and the girls stayed out of the “boy zone”. Generally society’s standard of gender types are being upheld. Children seem to learn from an early start, from sources such as older family members or television commercials to conform to society’s stereotypes.