gender differences in socialization is definitely a major factor in how everyone grows up.

if there weren't different genders to factor in to socialization then socialization loses a lot of its dynamic. Its because of the two separate, but similar, socialization patterns- guys tend to be way more competitive, but girls do more communicating over all. Just imagine if those two gender socialization differences were switched and boys talked as much as girls and girls were in your face competitive, it would bring a totally different society. The presence of stereotypes like this mold marketing that had been present my whole childhood. One instance of me facing the gender differences was with a toy stroller buggy and my stuffed animals. I had a pink plastic stroller only because they didn't make strollers in any other color, and i wanted to wheel around my stuffed animals as fat as possible down the hall way. So sort of ironic that i was being a crazy boy running and going as fast as possible, while still taking care of my stuffed animals and being the proud owner of a pink stroller buggy.