Mexican children from Cosomaloapan (male dominated) and Tehuantepec (female dominated) were asked to draw "the person you'd like to be." In Cosomaloapan, 96% of the females and 93% of the males drew their own sex. In Tehuantepec, 76% of the males and 71% of the females drew theirs. There were highly significant between-city differences for both male and female groups. Results were not in keeping with the model of greater percentage of self-sex drawings from the dominant sex in each city. Findings are discussed in terms of Cosomaloapan's sex role rigidity, and Tehuantepec's more fluid framework. (Author)