ABSTRACT
Some researchers have found that girls tend to depict gender earlier than boys do (Papadakis-Michaelides, 1989; Willsdon, 1977). In their study of 1,600 boys and girls ranging in age from 3 years 6 months to 11 years 5 months and covering a variety of ethnic backgrounds, Ros Bradbury and Eleni Papadakis-Michaelides (1990) found that the female figures were drawn larger than the male figures particularly by the girls. Furthermore, the girls gave their female figures more ‘gender-markers’ than their male figures; female gender-markers are features such as hair-ribbons, jewellery, a waist and hips whereas males might have broad shoulders and large shoes.
