A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents and
             says three simple words: "Its a boy," or "Its a girl!" Before a
             newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside
             the mother's womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized
             by gender. The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that
             help friends, family, and even strangers identify the sex of the
             child. Baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed
             in pink. The baby boy may be dressed in a blue jumpsuit with a
             football or a baseball glove on it. The baby girl may wear a bow
             in her hair and flowered pajamas. As the boy begins to grow, he
             is given a miniature basketball and a hoop to play with. The
             girl is given dolls and doll clothing to dress them up in. Even
             going further, eventually the boy may play with Legos and Lincoln
             Logs while the girl gets a Play School oven and a plastic tea set
             with which to play house. Sounds pretty normal, right? The
             Sociologists have developed a theory which describes the way
             in which individuals represent themselves to society. This
             theory is called the social construction of self. By self, we
             mean the capacity to represent oneself what one wished to
             communicate to others. The theory is says that the self is
             produced or constructed through interactions with other people
             over a lifetime (Kornblum, 128). When relating this theory to
             gender roles, people act in a certain way to give an impression
             to society. For example, girls wear pink to let society know
             that they are female. This is the gender that they wish to
             communicate to society because that is what is deemed to be
             There are many agents of socialization that influence the
             socialization of gender. These agents include family, schools,
             community, peer groups and the mass media (Kornblum 136). As
             discussed earlier, from the moment a baby is born, their...