Renowned op-ed writer Claire Cain Miller in one of her articles, "Boys and Girls, constrained by toys and costumes" brings our attention to the distinction between boys and girls for choices, this difference leads to the long-term notion of gender roles in the minds of the children. Claire 's article is trying to sensitize the general public against gender difference. She tries to be sentimental by pointing out to that the gender war starts long before we are born, thus having the presence of a gaunt definition of what 's for girls and what 's for boys(Miller 1). Claire begins by comparing web search results of Halloween costumes where it produced results of boys wearing lab coats and goggles whereas girls were portrayed to be wearing nursing
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Boys ' costumes and toys are more often associated with destruction and action while those set for girls are more passive and gentle. It is clear that since day one gender-neutral toys or clothing are a rare thing.
A study that was carried out in 2012 on Disney store website showed that toys set for girls mostly related to caretaking and beauty while those set for boys primarily related to action, building and had bold colours. Despite having seventeen percent of the toys appearing on both boys and girls categories, they resembled boys ' toys, with most having the colour blue.
A Halloween costume study showed that less than ten percent of the clothes were gender neutral with most of them meant for infants. According to the analysis done by a sociology and legal study Professor Adie Nelson, boys ' costumes were more likely to reflect jobs while girls ' clothes reflected appearance or relationships.
Miss Miller comes to a point where she states, disentangling elements that shape children 's ' notion of gender roles is almost impossible. A study by Lynn Liben of Penn State University and Lacey Hilliard of Tufts University on preschool students showed that children exposed to distinction were more likely to hold stereotypical beliefs about man and woman(Miller
Boys ' costumes and toys are more often associated with destruction and action while those set for girls are more passive and gentle. It is clear that since day one gender-neutral toys or clothing are a rare thing.
A study that was carried out in 2012 on Disney store website showed that toys set for girls mostly related to caretaking and beauty while those set for boys primarily related to action, building and had bold colours. Despite having seventeen percent of the toys appearing on both boys and girls categories, they resembled boys ' toys, with most having the colour blue.
A Halloween costume study showed that less than ten percent of the clothes were gender neutral with most of them meant for infants. According to the analysis done by a sociology and legal study Professor Adie Nelson, boys ' costumes were more likely to reflect jobs while girls ' clothes reflected appearance or relationships.
Miss Miller comes to a point where she states, disentangling elements that shape children 's ' notion of gender roles is almost impossible. A study by Lynn Liben of Penn State University and Lacey Hilliard of Tufts University on preschool students showed that children exposed to distinction were more likely to hold stereotypical beliefs about man and woman(Miller