In the fourth week of my family relations class, we discussed the impacts of gender in a family structure. We specifically discussed the typical behaviors of genders and the impact of those behaviors on the family as a whole. For example, we discussed how boys and girls have different behaviors typical to their genders and those behaviors are visible at a young age. In my class someone said that when little boys play with a stick for example, that stick is a sword, or a gun. But when a little girl plays with that same stick, it is a fairy wand. It all depends on the behaviors typical to their gender. Someone in my class made the point that boys have a protective behavioral trait and perhaps that is why they are drawn playing with guns and swords, and fighting "bad guys". While girls have a nurturing quality, and tend to play with baby dolls and play house as opposed to fighting games.