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 mothers 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 their 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 an d doll clothes

to dress them up in. Even going further, eventually the boy may play with

Legos and Lincoln Logs and the girl gets a PlaySchool oven and a plastic

tea set with which to play house. Sounds prett

advertisers utilize female images to sell products. Society associates beauty

between? Such a person should have no place in our culturally biased s

baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. As the child gets

animals. But these are the stereotypes that are influenced by the parents. A

perfect world, there would be no gender differentiation, no racial tension

Without the father to follow example, Chodorow concludes that a boy will

socially acceptable language and replacing such terms with fire fighter, flight

Nancy Chodorow's essay "Family Structure and Feminine Personality" she

standards.THEÊANDROGYNOUSÊSCENARIO Imagine a baby born

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