The video below consists of young children (both boys and girls) being questioned about their gender. It is said in the beginning of the clip that most two year old children know for sure what sex they are. The children are also questioned on the "roles" boys and girls are expected to have. At one point the interviewer asks these children to point to a certain doll that is known for a certain "role." There comes another scene when the dolls are positioned in a way that looks like the opposite gender. When asked about the dolls positions, one of the kids disagrees that this would be okay.
In class we talked about how the definition of a role is a behavior, obligation and privilege attached to a status. There was also the theory behind Status Inconsistency. The theory is that statuses come with built in norms. When there are violations of these norms, we see them not fitting into our expectations. An example in class was a 15 year old becoming a college freshman. Relating this idea back to the video, the violation would be a boy wearing a dress or a girl wearing boy cloths.
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