A nursery school teacher in New York State reports a changing attitude on the part of preschool boys. "Boys play in the kitchen more than they used to. Some of them even take on feminine personas
They'll say, 'I'll be the grandma.' On the other hand, right in the middle of
this play, they will often revert to boyish behavior. They'll pick up the mops and start using
them as guns." Discuss and explain the developments noted by this nursery school teacher.
More students will probably note that this example illustrates cultural acceptance of
less rigorously gender-stereotyped behavior (and more androgyny) but indicates
the persistence of tendency, influenced perhaps by both biology and culture, toward
aggression in boys.
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