Toys reflect or promote these roles, I would say a bit of both. Toys for girls portray a docile, precious, cute, compliant image. Boys' toys are more independent, rough, durable and adventurous. It's okay for a toy to satisfy a gender child's desires. However, it is wrong for a toy to gender that child. Gender identity as part of socialization should be carried out at the micro level. Families and the environment in which a person lives should be the primary sources of this form of socialization. This way a person's innate personal characteristics will not be discouraged. An example would be a girl born with a great mechanical mind but because there were no reads she had the pink vacuum cleaner to play with. Instead of becoming a great engineer, become a