definite answer to that question. We seem to accept that blue is for boys
             and pink is for girls. Boys generally play with balls, toy trucks and building
             blocks whereas girls spend their time with dolls, tea sets and stuffed
             animals. But these are the stereotypes that are influenced by the parents. A
             baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. As the child gets
             older though, he or she will begin to develop an identity for his or herself
             and establish a personality th at reflects their masculinity or femininity. In
             Nancy Chodorow's essay "Family Structure and Feminine Personality" she
             examines the development of gender identity and personality. Except for the
             stereotypical examples I have given above which again are e stablished by
             the parents, Chodorow states that the development of a child is basically the
             same for boys and girls until the age of three. During those first three years
             the mother is the dominant figure in the child's life. The father plays a limited
             role until the child reaches the so called Oedipal period (beyond age 3). It is
             at this stage that children begin to try to separate themselves from the
             clutches of their mother and establish their own identity. Chodorow
             examines how different this is for boys and girls. KFRC radio disk jockey
             Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred fourth
             grade boys and one hundred fourth grade girls, the boys receive an average
             weekly allowance that is approximately 50% higher than the girls receive.
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