A 5-Year-Old Girl Who Protested Wearing Dresses and Preferred Football

question 67

Multiple Choice

A 5-year-old girl who protested wearing dresses and preferred football to Barbies would probably

• A) receive a diagnosis of gender identity disorder.
• B) be showing signs of being lesbian as an adult.
• C) maintain these feelings and preferences into adolescence and adulthood.
• D) have fewer problems with parents or peers than a boys who expresses cross-gender preferences.
• E) all of the above

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Semistarvation

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