For example, as children boys are taught to play rough and tough games like Rambo or wrestling, where as girls are taught to play with delicacy such as play house or with dolls. Boys are not allowed to play with dolls or to play "girls" games. When boys do play with dolls, society tends to see them as weak and in today's day and age, boy will be seen as homosexual. ... Families and peers play crucial roles in helping boys define what it means to be a man. ... The media plays a vital role in this way of thinking because boys are highly influenced by their masculine role models like Sylve...

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For example little girls pretend to cook and clean, and take care of their dolls. Girls play dress up and try on their mom's makeup on. On the other hand little boys play with trucks, tools and racecars. ... In their free time men play sports, work out. ... Women cook dinner for the family and clean the house. ...

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Girls are encouraged to play with dolls, while boys are taught to play with trucks and army toys. ... When a commercial for a Barbie doll comes on, you don't see a boy playing with it. ... While girls clean the house, do the dishes, cook, baby-sit, and all other stereotypically women things. ...

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Men are masculine because they hunt and fish, while women are feminine because they take care of the house. Men are masculine because they fix the things the women break when they are taking after the house, and women are masculine because they play with the children to distract them from the words the man is uttering when he cannot fix what is broken. ... Young boys play with cars, play war, play fight, and like taking things apart, while girls like to play with dolls, imagine they are somewhere else, like to be social and like to look cute. ...

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For example, how Sandra Cisneros talks about in her article ' 'Only Daughter,'' about a writer who had six brothers and would be forced to spent time with herself because her brothers would not let her play with them because they were embarrassed to be seen playing with a girl in public. ... When looking at the girls section we will see Barbies dressed as maids, baby dolls with strollers and beautiful princesses showing little girls that women should be in charge of the chores in the house, be the nurture, and to be recognized by society for their physical beauty. ...

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