Table 3:
The GES-C Items
Items |
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A kid can choose to be a girl or a boy [boy or a girl]; it doesn’t matter what their body looks like. [Rev] |
Girls/boys do girl [boy] things because they have girl [boy] bodies. |
You know a kid is a girl or boy [boy or girl] because of what their body look like. |
A girl/boy is a girl [boy], even before she [he] is born. |
Girls and boys [boys and girls] are the same. [Rev] |
A kid can feel like a girl [boy] sometimes and a boy [girl] other times. [Rev] |
A kid can feel like a girl [boy] and a boy [girl] at the same time. [Rev] |
Girls and boys [boys and girls] are opposites. |
Girls [boys] all over the world act the same. |
It’s easy to tell if a kid is a girl or a boy [boy or girl] by how they act. |
Girls [boys] all act very different from one another. [Rev] |
It’s easy to tell if a kid is a girl or a boy [boy or a girl] by the toys they like. |
A kid can change from a girl [boy] to a boy [girl]. [Rev] |
A girl [boy] can become a boy/girl if she [he] wants. [Rev] |
If a kid is a girl [boy] when they’re born, they will be a girl [boy] when they grow up, too. |
A girl [boy] can’t change that she [he] is a girl [boy]. |
Note: [Rev] indicates reverse-coded items.