question_answer 3)

Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the roles children have to play as adults?

Answer:

 

	Toys	Games
Boys	Aeroplane, helicopter, gun, car, jeep, train, video-games etc.	cricket, football, hockey, shooting, kite-flying, etc.
Girls	dolls, musical instru- ments, gudda-guddiya, etc.	table - tennis, kabaddi, hide and seek, badminton, swimming, etc.

Boys prefer hard or tough toys. They are very conscious of their manliness from the very beginning. Toys like helicopter, gun, aeroplane, etc. satisfy their instinct of being boys. On the other hand girls choose those toys which are soft and can be played indoors. Their feministic nature does not allow them to play with toys perferred by boys. Yes, the toys and games, the boys and girls play with have relationship to the roles they have to play as adults. Boys begin to give protection to the girls while girls take care of the boys.