Attached Link: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_7-8_49/ai_109355382/pg_3

*What does that say about my gender? ;)*

Have no idea. One can always find exceptions.

But as a rule -- and we are talking by major percentages -- the research that's been done on this matter is crystal clear. There's no ambiguity about it.

Other than from those with a political/social bias in favor of "PC-ism", that is.

One can interpet (or twist) the results of the research by one's own biases, of course. Like by insisting that children "learn" sex-stereotyping" prior to age 3.

To quote the man: I don't think so.

The results still stand as what they are.........attempt to twist them to mean something other than what they clearly say as one will.........

*Children were asked to name each instrument to check that they recognized them. The percentages of children who named each instrument correctly were: 98.0% (piano), 94.7% (violin), 84.0% (flute), 98.8% (drums), 96.6% (guitar), and 84.0% (trumpet). The number and percentages of children who categorized each instrument as for girls, for boys, or for both boys and girls are shown in Table I (data are taken from the final stage of the gender-stereotyped beliefs measure). Children had clear gender-stereotyped beliefs about the instruments. For example, 93.6% of girls and 90.3% of boys said that girls would play the flute, and 96.7% of girls and 96.1% of boys thought that boys would play the drums.

As expected, the majority of girls most-preferred a feminine instrument (77.1%), and the majority of boys most-preferred a masculine instrument (72.9 %). Children's gender-stereotyped beliefs about their most-preferred instrument are shown in Table II. Data show that the majority of children who most-preferred a cross gender-typed instrument (e.g., a girl who most-preferred a masculine instrument) were aware of the gender-stereotyped associations of that instrument. For example, of the 36 girls who chose a masculine instrument as the one they most-preferred, 66.6% thought that boys would play the instrument.*

Our findings indicate that children's own preferences for instruments were related closely to their gender-stereotyped beliefs about those instruments. Girls had a stronger preference for stereotypically feminine instruments, and the boys had a stronger preference for stereotypically masculine instruments. These results are similar to findings with 9-11-year-olds (O'Neill & Boulton, 1996) and 7-8-year-olds (Harrison & O'Neill, 2000). Findings also lend support to those of other similar studies that included a range of age groups (e.g., Abeles & Porter, 1978; Crowther & Durkin, 1982; Griswold & Chroback, 1981).

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