Gender: Forced Upon American Society Growing up‚ many Americans ’ childhood consisted of playing tag outside‚ having cooties‚ and experimenting with as many toys as possible. Hundreds of thousands of toys flood kid stores such as Toys R ’ Us‚ Baby Depot‚ and KB toys. With imagination‚ kids are able to become doctors‚ presidents‚ and princesses during the contents of one day. Television shows such as Barney or Blues Clues encourage having such imagination‚ thus inspiring kids to want to become one
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Toys R Us in the Right or Wrong? Toys R Us is clearly on track to be the number one children’s toy store for the past and the present. With an average layout of 60‚000 square feet‚ you’re bound to find what your child is looking for. The toys for the boys are in one area of the store‚ while the toys for girls are in another. The store merchandise has a lot to do with the passing along of gender stereotypes. Boy’s toys are portrayed as more active and girls as more passive Toys that may be
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Toys and Gender The way children are raised in today’s society is based on the age old tradition of gender appropriate toys for sons and daughters. The idea that girls will always play with feminine toys‚ and boys will always play with masculine toys has been passed down from generation to generation dating back to the age of men. In medieval times‚ sons would learn to practice swordplay and knighthood‚ while daughters would learn sewing and practice at being a princess. The theory of Gender Role
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Ethnography on Gender Socialization For my ethnography research‚ I selected 2 different locations to observe gender socialization amongst children at a toy store. The main focus of this ethnography is to see what types of toys appeal to children based on gender. Also‚ to see if parents are pushing their children on what types of toys they are allowed to choose from. First off‚ the stores I visited for my research was Walmart and Target. Both of these locations consisted of the same amount of toys on the
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Gender Socialization Analysis As I walked through the toy section of Target‚ I felt like I saw what I’ve seen ever since I was young enough to shop for toys in this section with my mom. When I was little I would go straight to the pink‚ Barbie aisle and then venture into the other pink aisles as well. This time‚ though‚ I looked through all of the toy aisles (including the boy section) and looked at the toys and dolls and games through a different lens. The color choices for the toys themselves
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“Core Concepts in Sociology”‚ authors Lindsey et al. (2006)‚ socialization is defined as‚ “the lifelong process by which we learn our culture‚ develop our sense of self‚ and become functioning members of society” (Lindsey et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 56). Today‚ social scientists define gender and sex as two very distinct realities (Lindsey et al.‚ 2006‚ p. 114). Sex is defined as the biological traits that differentiate male and female while gender is the psychological‚ cultural and social traits that are in
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Chapter Three and Nine Socialization and Sex and Gender What purpose does socialization serve? What happens when children do not have an environment that supports positive socialization? How does socialization occur? Why is Socialization Important? Socialization is the lifelong process of social interaction through which individuals acquire a self-identity and the physical‚ mental‚ and social skills needed for survival in society. Socialization is essential of the individual’s survival
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The term gender role refers to societies concept of how men and women are expected to act and behave. We are taught gender roles from infancy‚ for example girls wear pink and play with dolls. Boys wear blue and are tough. For this socialization experiment‚ I have picked two different children’s toys; one clearly aimed towards girls and the other aimed towards boys. For the toy aimed towards girls‚ I have chosen the Barbie STEM kit. For the toy aimed towards boys I have chosen the DC Justice League
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Socialization is a big influence on the definition of gender and sexuality. Since we live in a society where every person is part of our daily life some of the general perceptions affects the definition of gender. Different agents of socialization such as Social Media‚ parents and environment play a key factor on the definition of gender as well. Actually‚ parents define what is good or what is not‚ what activities to do or not‚ or even how to dress and which colors wear for their children either
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Gender Socialization is an aspect that enormously affects all individuals. I feel I have been influenced by social and cultural processes and not by genetics. When we are brought into this world‚ we have no knowledge of how a male or female should act. Rather‚ it is our surroundings‚ that construct our thoughts and actions. Genetic identity is lost because of the powerful manipulation of family‚ friends‚ school‚ sports and the media‚ which are known as agents of socialization. Such agents "are the
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