Question

A young boy in a child care facility already realizes that some people are females and some people are males, and he plays only with other little boys. In addition, he likes to wear the same kinds of clothes that they wear. He is responding to the cultural construction of

A. gender roles.
B. gender differentiation.
C. gender understanding.
D. instrumental roles.

Answer 1

The young boy in the child care facility is responding to the cultural construction of gender roles.

Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

A gender role which is also known as a sex role is a social role which encompasses a wide and vital range of attitudes that are generally behavioral acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their biological sex. Men and women are critically claimed with certain typical social roles which depends upon the personality traits linked with those roles.

Traditionally, the role of the homemaker is of a woman and the role of a breadwinner falls under the category of a male. The media, family, environment, and society influences the gender roles. The understanding of gender roles comes to a child by how they socialize with their form relationships.