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@General_Lucifer
It just happens like that, it's not gender conditioning.
We went neutral colours all the way with our kids (Boy and a girl) we didn't force a gender specific colour on them. Sure, we put the girl in dresses and the boy in pants, but we didn't deny them access to other clothes if they'd chosen to put them on.
My daughter just naturally likes to dress toys up, look after them and generally 'baby' everything she plays with, from small plastic puppies to her reluctant younger brother.
Clobber of choice: flouncy frocks, pretty shoes, multiple hairband combinations, accessories such as small handbag.
My son likes trains and buses. If it's got wheels he 'brums' it around the carpet for hours. Send him to get dressed and he'll sling on the first thing on the pile, but if it's in any way 'fancy' (ie pretty designs, frilly, smart) he'll have nothing to do with it. Clobber of choice: Super Mario t-shirt, shorts, sandals.
Oh, and my daughter was given free reign in the shoe shop yesterday. She picked out sandals that were so glittery and pink and sickly sweet I instantly contracted type 2 diabetes.
I think there are some parents who do 'condition' their kids, making the lads tough and wear their local football strip 24/7 and the have girls dressed like miniature prom queens, but on the whole I think girls and boys drift slightly towards gender stereotypes fairly naturally. This is generally, and is, of course, not always the case.