Sometimes it's the same kid: the kid who skateboards and cooks in his after-school program; the girl who collects stuffed animals and top marks in science.” In other words, even when parents know it's wrong to assume that their children will take on roles, they will continue to push boys and girls in different directions. Especially in the family, boys and girls are not the same, which is why they have to play with different toys depending on their sex. By comparing Katha Pollitt's article with Androgynous Man by Noel Perrin, the reader can understand that the definition of androgynous is not following the traditional gender role, nor being feminine nor masculine. Noel Perrin explains how when he read a magazine when he was 16 and the magazine was about how masculine or feminine you are. He took the test and as soon as he finished he got a really low score of 1.2/10. He didn't understand why he had such a low score if he considered himself truly masculine. He stated that "The results of that test were so terrifying to me that for the first time in my life I did an original analysis." (Perrin, 406). In other words, by testing himself he concludes that he was wrong to appreciate what he likes. When he actually likes kissing cats, that doesn't make him any less masculine than his