Seriously! They did a study (yes the famous they, don't have time to look it up). Took two little boys and put them in a room with no adults and a Table with two dinosaurs on it. Within minutes the boys each had a dinosaur and were like, ROAR! CRASH! DINOSAUR FIGHT!
So then they bring in two little girls, same table, same dinosaurs. Within minutes the girls each have a dinosaur and they are going, "Mommy don't ever leave me". And the other girl is like, "Don't worry baby, I won't leave you".
In another experiment with bigger groups of 5 year olds,they had a teacher bring lemonade and tell them how hard she had worked to make it and how she hoped they'd like it. However, it was made with salt instead of sugar. The boys almost all spit it out and refused to drink it and said it was awful, but the girls tried to spare her feelings. One little girl said that she really liked it but could she have some water please.
#Girls and boys come different out of the box.
Phrasing!
I worked as an elementary school librarian for 30+ years.
Boys would take Barbie dolls, hold them horizontally, and pretend they were guns.