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How can I make notes with bullet points in this paragraph? Siblings as Agents of Gender Socialization Siblings also influence children's gender choices, attitudes, and behavior. In one longitudinal study, researchers investigated whether the gender-role attitudes, activities, and attributes of firstborn children predicted the same qualities in their second born siblings (McHale et al., 2001). They found that the younger siblings' gender typing was indeed related to their older siblings' attributes, even more strongly than to their parents'. Other researchers have found that the sex of the siblings mattersSocial Influences on Gender Typing too. Children with sisters tend to develop more feminine qualities; children with brothers tend to develop more masculine qualities (Rust et al., 2000). A recent meta-analysis confirmed that boys and girls with an older brother were more likey to show more traditional masculine characteristics than having an older sister (Farkas & Leaper , 2014). The effects were not evident for the impact of older sisters which may reflect the higher staus accorded to masculine than feminine stereotyped qualities. Brother-brother pairs engage in more boyish play, throwing balls, making vehicles go "vroom," and shooting toy weapons; sister-sister and older sister-younger brother pairs engage in more feminine pursuits, doing art activities, playing with dolls, and playing house (Stoneman et al., 1986). Need Assignment Help?