Culture shapes much of what people consider masculine or feminine (Williams, 1983). ... The "masculine," however, is characterized by strength, aggressiveness, independence, intelligence, and hard work. ... With his famous "Bashing Bobo" experiment, Bandura demonstrated that children acquire gender identity and sex-role behavior by direct tuition and observational learning. ... Researchers find that gender identity is evident in children from as young as 10 months old. ... XX cross-dressed children whose gender identities have not been fixed and observed that their judgement on gender-related ...

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Ethnicity is defined as "people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity." ... Black and Blue are seen as perceived as colors that are masculine and therefore are placed on items to be purchased for girls. ...

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