In a hypothetical culture absent of gender stereotypes, is developing an internal gender identity important for children?
I think young children should not be encouraged to identify with one gender or another. Toys and clothing could be warily unisex so that children will be able to explore the full range of their gender, meaning that females will be able to explore typical male play and etc. It would be interesting to see how young children would benefit if society did not treat the two, and the in between, genders as different. I think once children start asking why their genitals are different than the opposite sex then you can explain the concept of gender. And let the child explore their gender in the way they feel comfortable and without limits Yet to answer your question I think all of us struggle to define who we are in this world and that includes gender specific, intersex, or transexual identification.
