Gender Appropriate and Inappropriate Behaviors

Gender Appropriate and Inappropriate Behaviors
Recent headlines have sparked heated debate about whether boys should be allowed to dress as girls. For example a 5-year-old boy in Seattle who enjoys things traditionally for girls such as jewelry the color pink and dresses was supported and encouraged by his mother who wrote a book about him called My Princess Boy. A J. Crew ad featured a mother painting her young boys toenails hot pink (CBS News 2011 April 13). Reactions ranged from outrage and disbelief to support of the mothers.
On the flipside girls who shun traditionally girly things such as dresses and flowers in favor of more traditional boy things such as watching or playing sports rough-and-tumble play and choosing boys as friends are often called tomboys.
For either sex choosing to engage in activities traditionally reserved for a specific sex can result in teasing and accusations of homosexuality.
Write an essay that is 3-5 pages in length. Also include a cover page and reference list. Remember to support your arguments with information drawn from the online content the textbook and other credible scholarly sources to substantiate the points you are making. Apply APA standards to for writing and citations to your work.
The paper should be double-spaced 12-point typescript Times Roman font with 1-inch margins all around and free from grammatical errors.
CBS News. (2011 April 13). Boy in pink nail polish sparks online outrage. Author. Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/13/earlyshow/living/parenting/main20053508.shtml