Marion and her husband bill are trying to bring up their children, a boy and a girl ages 4 and 5, respectively, in exactly the same way: encouraging their son to demonstrate both assertiveness and tenderness and encouraging their daughter to exhibit both independence and empathy. according to researcher sandra bem, these parents are encouraging their children toward

androgynous characteristics.                                      

Explanation:

An androgynous characteristics of a person are defined as the person having a high tendency of having both masculine and feminine traits i.e instrumental and expressive traits.

Example: A masculine individual will rank high on masculine (instrumental) traits and low on feminine (expressive) traits.

Psychological androgyny describes the women and men who exhibit both feminine and masculine attributes.

According to researcher Sandra Bem, these parents are encouraging their children towards androgynous characteristics.