Table 2. Prescriptive and proscriptive characteristics for boys and girls.

Characteristics
Girls			Boys
Prescription	De- d	Pre- d	Prescription	De- d	Pres- d
Enjoys wearing skirts and dresses	-2.6	-1.92	Handsome	1.74	1.51
Likes to play with dolls	-2.03	-1.69	Plays with trucks	2.06	1.31
Likes princesses	-2.34	-1.49	Likes to play with tools	1.37	1.17
Loves pink	-2.13	-1.37	Likes to pretend to be a soldier	1.96	1.14
Wears Tutus	-2.03	-1.34	Loves sports	1.09	0.87
Likes to wear nail polish	-1.68	-1.17	Likes superheroes	1.61	0.86
Pretty	-1.48	-1.15	Has a big appetite	0.7	0.66
Graceful	-0.73	-0.69	Strong	0.31	0.59
Helps mom bake	-0.57	-0.57	Tough	0.43	0.56
Gentle	-0.61	-0.56	Adventurous	0.6	0.54
Sweet	-0.17	-0.41	Loves to get dirty	1.16	0.54
Sensitive	-0.5	-0.41	Brave	0.31	0.52
			Likes playing outside	0.42	0.48
Proscriptive	De- d	Pro- d	Proscriptive	De- d	Pro- d
Likes to pretend to be a soldier	1.96	1.14	Enjoys wearing skirts and dresses	-2.6	-1.92
Has unbrushed hair	0.76	0.55	Likes to play with dolls	-2.03	-1.69
Dirty	1	0.4	Likes princesses	-2.34	-1.49
			Loves pink	-2.13	-1.37
			Wears Tutus	-2.03	-1.34
			Likes to wear nail polish	-1.68	-1.17
			Pretty	-1.48	-1.15
			Fragile	-0.56	-0.55
			Pays attention to what other people are wearing	-0.74	-0.43

Characteristics are listed in order of largest prescriptive/proscriptive d to smallest. Positive d indicates characteristic was rated as more typical, desirable or forbidden for boys. Negative d indicates characteristic was rated as more typical, desirable or forbidden for girls. Descriptives that were prescriptive for one gender and proscriptive for opposite genders appear in bold.