Gender-specific attributes and differences in toys
- Girls are organised in girl-to-girl friendships(pairs and threesomes). Boys are organised within a “gang culture” and in group membership.
- Girls display a community of identity. Boys display a community of interests.
- Girls seek mutual confirmation in order to feel accepted. Boys seek mutual admirationand recognition in order to feel accepted.
- Girls’ organisation is not visible or is random in a “flatly” organised structure. Boys’ organisation is open, visible, a hierarchywith rules.
- The girls admire each other’s personal, intimate qualities. The boys admire each other’s personal performance qualities.
- Girls are relationship and situation-oriented: For them the process is essential. Boys are actionand case-oriented with the product as the central parameter.
- Girls are speech and process-oriented. Boys are informationand product-oriented.
- Girls dream of transformationand acquisition. Boys dream of conquest and administration.
- Girls appreciate the aesthetics of beautywhilst boys appreciate the aesthetics of victory.
- The girls play in scenes and within limited areas. Boys play actionand in unlimited areas.