A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents and says three simple words: “Its a boy,” or “Its a girl!” Before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mother’s womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family, and even strangers identify the sex of the child. Baby boys …showed first 75 words of 1481 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1481 total…what we see and how we see it, but until then we must rely on ourselves to determine what is reality and what is part of a dream world. Bibliography Works Cited Adler, Leonore Loeb. 1993. International handbook on Gender Roles. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Kornblum, William. 1997. Sociology in a Changing World. (2nd ed.) Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. Parsons, Talcott, and Robert F. Bales (eds.). 1955 Family Socialization and Interaction Process. Glencoe, IL: Free Press