THE REFLECTION OF THE GENDER IDENTITY FORMATION IN THE 4-5 YEARS OLD CHILDREN’S SPEECH
The subject of the article is the reflection of the gender identity components in the 4-5 years old children’s speech, in particular, external gender identifications, evaluative attitude to gender and stereotypic-gender qualities. As a result of the study of the children’s responses during the game interview, it was found, that 4-5 years old children are surrounded by gender identifications, their object world is not gender neutral. Ideas about the typical qualities of girls and boys are not yet formed in both sexes children’s consciousness, however, the identity associated with the image of the desired future is more gender-sensitive (masculine) for boys and neutral for girls.