examine a subject that is seldom considered in this light.

Looked at from the broadest view, a human baby has many different types of behaviour, emotions, reations and character traits available to him from which he must build a personality as he grows. In some small ways, of course, the physiological sex, the genetic pattern and the glandular functions of the individual effect the kind of traits, patterns and emotional express- ions that the individual builds into his personality dur- ing his development, but by far the greatest determinants are cultural. Thus males are supposed, in our culture, to be, among other things, strong and brave, dignified and firm, aggressive, decisive and authoritarian and to exhibit these traits primarily in an environment based on reason. Females, on the other hand, are permitted and expected to be tender and gentle, loving and com- passionate; timid, indecisive and capricious. The cloth- ing, accessories, furniture ets. of both sexes reflect this in their design; the male's being relatively large, heavy, thick, dark, rough, plain and conservative. The female's, on the other hand, are small, light, thin, bright, soft, decorated, intricate, dainty, pretty, endlessly color- ful and ever changing.

However, in the development of the young human, the total of possible character traits and behaviour patterns available as the building blocks of its personality be- gin to be limited, restricted and prohibited to him from early childhood. It is considerate unmanly for a boy to be gentle, dainty, and considerate or to cry or be touched emotionally by events and scenes. He should not possess or enjoy things, that are soft, small, detailed, dainty, colorful and beautiful. He is forced to discard and suppress those patterns and traits which his partic- ular culture says do not conform to the stardards of his sex. Girls are subject to limitations too, but not in quite the same ways or to the same degree. They are permitted more freedom. Thus "tomboy" doesn't carry the stigma of " sissy.

Because society and the individual people that make it up, think of this process of segregation of character

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