Eight-year-old molly and 4-year-old anna were told this story: "jessie is a 5-year-old girl whose best friend is a boy. jessie likes to play with trucks." they were then asked how much jessie would like to play with masculine and feminine toys. how would you expect molly and anna to reply?

I don't think they would understand as they are just 4 and 8 years old. Since they are young it "could" effect them by no longer playing with masculine toys as they will not feel good about it since they are girls. (I personally don't see anything wrong with females or males playing with toys meant for the other gender)