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Question
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?
Solution
List of Toys and Games
| Boys Toys | Girls Toys |
| Cars | Dolls |
| Ball | Cooking apparatus |
| Bulldozer | Washing kit |
| Bat and cricket ball | |
| Swimming kit | |
| Bus | |
| Railways (train) | |
| Dog, Lion, Wolf |
| Boys Games | Girls Games |
| Kabaddi | Hide and seek |
| Cricket | Playing with dolls |
| Hockey | Badminton |
| Basket Ball | Table Tennis |
| Volley Ball | Also, games played by boys |
- There is a difference between the two lists. It is because of the difference among the boys and girls in respect of physical strength and stamina, along with the influence of society.
- Yes, it has a relationship with the roles children have to play as adults. When they are adults, their role (of boys, and girls) changes altogether.
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Very Short Type Question:
What was a very important activity on the Samoan islands in the 1920s?
Long Type Question:
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