- Szegedy-Maszak found primary school children used gendered stereotypes to judge behaviour of other pupils.
- Martin and Ruble (2004) observe that ‘from an early age, children are like “gender detectives,” searching for clues about gender, such as who should and shouldn’t engage in certain activities, who can play with whom, and why girls and boys differ.’
- Adler et al. found the popularity of boys depended on active and achievable characteristics such as athleticism, coolness, toughness, social skills, and success in cross-gender relationships whilst the popularity of girls depended more on passive and ascribed characteristics such as physical appearance, social skills, and academic success