Instead, they are likely to be attracted to the socialisation process which is generally associated with their real gender. If they are girls who are being brought up as boys, then they may feel dolls and dolls' houses are good fun and want to play with them. If they are boys who are being brought up as girls, then such things may have no attraction at all, whereas c1imbing trees or building Meccano might seem a sensible way of enjoying themselves. If there are sisters in the family unit then the child which is apparently a boy may feel that the way in which their sister is being brought up is the way in which they want to be brought up. Meanwhile, all of this required action may be absolute purgatory to the child who is being brought up as a girl, who may see the delicate fabric of her party dress as something which inhibits her from having fun in the way in which she would like to.
People born in such circumstances frequently describe just such experiences.
Depending on how open-minded and aware their parents are, they may be allowed to explore such alternative gender roles to a greater or lesser degree, and obviously their childhood will be less stressful and happier for doing so. Children learn quickly. So, from childhood, a person's real gender identity may be pushed underground, and that is made all the easier because most children have no way of articulating these strong feelings which they have. But of course, the question is never asked and so they grow up as best they can, perhaps feeling perpetually uncomfortable in the world which society has allotted to them, having difficulty making friends, and alternately feeling guilty and day-dreaming about being allowed to be in their real gender role. Mothers tended to treat the child differently in response to its different behaviour.