From my view growing up in the 80s - most boys preferred action and sports, virtually all the girls wanted to talk in groups, and a very few boys (myself includ

From my view growing up in the 80s - most boys preferred action and sports, virtually all the girls wanted to talk in groups, and a very few boys (myself included) would prefer to obsess over niche things like computers, DnD, games that required tons of focus to the exclusion of social and physical activities. This was innate imho - not from marketing!