Gender roles are dangerous because those who do not adhere to them are considered “strange” and “unnatural” in our society. Society teaches children gender roles at a young age, so often these gender roles are deeply programmed into a child's brain and therefore shape their personality as adults. Girls are encouraged to stay home and play with their toys, while boys are encouraged to go out and play. Parents teach their young daughters not to speak loudly, because it's not "ladylike." Conversely, boys are discouraged from wearing a dress or acting “soft” because it is considered feminine. Masculinity and femininity are not characteristics of gender, but rather a social construction as Laura Erickson-Schroth addresses the issue in “Sex and Gender Development”. Erickson states, “Scholars call this the social construction of gender, meaning that we construct, or create, gender by telling men and women how to behave.” This couldn't be further from the truth, the terms “masculinity” and “femininity” and their relationship to a person's sex/gender are illogical in the sense that many male-gendered people display attributes of femininity and vice versa. According to Susannah