The Boy/Girl Problem

I find it interesting that there are so many aspects to becoming a gender, when you're little everyone is either a boy or girl, you don't know why you just know thats they way it is. And until studying this topic a little more, I never knew how little information I did know about the development of how people become who they are. In the beginning everyone is literally all the same, all the right parts and the right hormones to become either gender. It all just depends on whats more prominent, and what hormones a mother is exposed to while pregnant. Many illegal drugs can actually feminize a fetus during early development and even something as simple as aspirin can have an affect on gender development. So with all these outside influences how are gender and gender roles affected during a persons life. In children socialization is not the only reason certain genders only play with certain toys. Some research has shown that injecting or exposing women to certain hormones while they're pregnant can cause the child to show a certain preference to toys or items they are interested in. However it is a combination of both socialization and hormonal influences that affect behavior and preference.