ion by parents, while girls have the freedom to take on cross-sex characteristics and preferences without censure" (Fling and Manosevitz, 1972; Lansky, 1967). However, it is not only young males that have ideas about the "right" way for them to act. Young girls know their places as well. "Girls have a clear notion of expectations for adult feminine behavior and conform to them." (Edelbrock and Sugawara, 1978) These notions are very apparent by the results of this experiment.
             Because of the emphasis "society suffuses the gender distinction with affect, making gender what is perhaps the most salient parameter of social categorization." (Fagot and Leinbach, 1989)
             Since childhood people have been taught the basic differences between being a little boy and being a little girl. Everything from attention from parents to classes in school influence the way children grow up believing they should behave. "Research has shown that parents supervise daughters more closely than they do sons. This fits the notion that females are socialized to be dependent and obedient, while males are socialized to be independent and self-willed." (Block, 1983; Muller, 1998) Young boys are taught that
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