“Males and females are different in so many ways.” For some people this is true, but with the emergence of more and more research on the topic, researchers are finding that were more alike than we think. One researcher in particular is Michael A. Messner. With his article “Barbie Girls versus Sea Monster: Children Constructing Gender,” Messner looks farther into how gender is constructed by children in general. In this article, he explores how children “do gender,” how the idea of gender can be restricting for both children and adults and how the media can influence children’s thoughts on what gender is. During Messner’s time of research, he decided to observe children and their parents at soccer games and practices throughout the soccer
