Gender expectations often begin even before the birth of the baby. This happens as parent’s stereotype the sex of their baby with gender colors and pick out clothes, toys, and decorations based on gender and the traditional pink for girls and blue for boys. Starting from the first day of life, a baby is often handled differently based on the gender with a baby girl being the gender that is handled more gently. This comes from a social expectation that girls should be sweet and they desire the physical the contact of cuddling. In the culture of the United States the social expectations of males and females are expected to be distinctly different and opposite of each other (Crossman,
Gender expectations often begin even before the birth of the baby. This happens as parent’s stereotype the sex of their baby with gender colors and pick out clothes, toys, and decorations based on gender and the traditional pink for girls and blue for boys. Starting from the first day of life, a baby is often handled differently based on the gender with a baby girl being the gender that is handled more gently. This comes from a social expectation that girls should be sweet and they desire the physical the contact of cuddling. In the culture of the United States the social expectations of males and females are expected to be distinctly different and opposite of each other (Crossman,