4. Crystal & Katherine

5. Masculinity The qualities that are considered to be a typical of man Feminity The features that are considered to be a typical of women

6. “dose a lot of things that a boy would do, and we encouraged that” “I never wanted a girl who was a little princess, who was so fragile……I want her to take on more masculine characteristics” “I don’t want her just to color and play with dolls, I want her to be athletic”

7. “He’s asked about wearing girl clothes before, and I said no…. He likes pink, and I try not to encourage him to like pink just because, you know, he’s not a girl…. There’s not many toys I wouldn’t get him, except Barbie, I would try not to encourage that.”——Asian American, middle-class, heterosexual mother

8. “If we go into a clothing store…..I try to shy my son away from the Powerpuff Girls shirt or anything like that….. I would steer him away from a pink shirt as opposed to having him wear a blue shirt.”——Asian American, middle- class, heterosexual father

11. ·Gender nonconformity ①Masculinity ②Feminity ·Parents’ influence ①heterosexual parents ②homosexual parents ·Society