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==Gender roles==
[[Image:Girlgenderrole3.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A young girl playing with paper dolls–a typical manifestation of a female [[gender role]].]]
In many cultures, girls have been [[socialization|socialized]] into specific [[gender role]]s. Girls have traditionally been associated with playing with such [[toy]]s as [[doll]]s, and toy [[kitchen]] and [[cleaning]] sets, while boys have been associated with toys and [[game]]s that require more physical activity or simulated violence, such as toy trucks, balls, and toy guns. Girls have also been more often expected to participate in other more passive activities such as reading and chatting with friends. Girls are less often encouraged to pursue [[sports]], with the exception of those such as [[dance|dancing]], [[figure skating]], and [[gymnastics]]. They may be prevented from participating in many of the same activities that boys participate in at the same age, as a matter of protecting them from perceived outside dangers, such as boys and men, or anything that may cause physical injury. Girls are generally taken to be less adventurous than boys with the exception of [[tomboys]], so called because they are thought to exhibit supposedly typically "boyish" traits. Conversely, the more feminine of girls are sometimes referred to as [[girlie girl]]s. Sometimes boys are presumed to be more responsible than girls, except in the cases of caring for younger children, which is sometimes thought to be [[instinct]]ual in girls. Girls, as a group, may be perceived as being more docile than boys, and as being less capable of rational decision making and more governed by [[emotion]]al responses.
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