Question

What messages, overt and covert (obvious and hidden) do you send to others regarding what it means to be a "boy" or a "girl" and what is required to act the part? Do you act the part and go along with social customs or do you go against gender norms??

Answer 1

Most overt or covert behavior is given a gender by the society.

Explanation:

The expectations of gender come with different sort of things that boys and girls are supposed to do differently. Which is as simple as body language sometimes or as complex as mingling habits and way of talking.

There are times when people are told that they talk like or walk like the opposite gender which is due to a set stereotypical example everyone either lecterns to follow or never knows any better from.

We all are complicit in this as we learn the norms and try to act accordingly.