Men tend to dominate Even when criminal, expected to be domestic and care for children Women have made significant gains in corporate world, but still generally excluded from power.
Parents continue to hope for and expect higher education for sons than daughters.
Boys focus upon transgression of public rules and teasing or insulting routines about others clothes, mothers, appearance, and so forth. Males who lack such verbal skills often become targets of ridicule and even physical attack. Girls focus upon friendships, mutual self-disclosure, discussions of intimate relationships Girls are encouraged to use cosmetics, provocative clothing, and boyfriends to challenge parental authority, and use sexuality as a proxy for independence. Such acts reinforces their status as sexual objects seeking males approval, which ironically reinforces their subordinate status. Yet, not all girls accept this status, nor do they accept the roles that accompany it.