In American society, boys are the ones destined to do well, get a higher education, and then pursue a good career. T-shirts play an important role in convincing and persuading children to believe that when they grow up, boys will finance the family while girls will stay at home, take care of their children and do housework. The print on one girl's T-shirt, "Training to be Batman's Wife," is clearly an example of setting expectations for girls about what they will become when they grow up: "The expectation is not just that she will be a wife, but that she will be the wife of someone important, and her identity will be defined by how important he is,” said Lisa Wade, associate professor of sociology (Samakow). This shirt also lets kids know that they are supposed to be “Batman,” that is, heroes, and that girls are nothing more than wives, over whom men will have all the power. The woman in this case should be obedient to them