Gender Socialization After Families

After the family it continues into education. Schooling is one of the most important gender socialization processes a young child will go through. They start to learn their identity outside the family. Also they learn gender specific roles that get almost fixed by its reinforcement from the behavior they receive from their teachers, peers, and school staff. Other boys talk about being a fireman, or a police officer just like their dad when their older. So when children hear this they forge that association in their brain. If a little boy said, he wanted to be a nurse he might receive ridicule from other boys because it’s a “girly” job. If he comes to class in a dress, the teacher might tell him that little boys don’t wear dresses. Even in the