in the store were mini-computers and other electronic educational toys.Gender roles begin to form in the early stages of socialization. Toys either reflect or foster these roles, I would say a little of both. Girls toys portray an image docile, precious, cute, conformity. Boys toys are more independent, rough, tough, and adventurous. It is fine for a toy to cater to the want of a gendered child. It is wrong however for a toy to gender that child. Gender identity as part of socialization, should be carried out on the micro level. Families and a person's milieu should be primary sources of this form of socialization. That way a person's personal inborn characteristics will not be discouraged. An example would be a girl born with a great mechanical mind but because there weren't any leggos she got the pink vaccuum to play with. Instead of becoming a great engineer she becomes a housewife....
