Gender Socialization We are currently living in a society where women are making new gains in the business world and are obtaining more jobs that at one time were considered "male" jobs. But‚ it is still no secret that women and men are not treated as equals. From the beginning of your life you are either treated as a male‚ or a female. Not in terms of sex‚ but in terms of gender. Stephen Sweet (2001) describes sex as being genetically determined‚ while gender is a social term that encompasses
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How has your gender role socialization influenced your life? Gender role socialization influenced my answers partially because of my parents. I have been taught that loving someone is not about how attractive they are or about how similar they are to you. Love is a choice. When you love someone‚ you
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Traditionally‚ gender socialization extended to work and careers‚ however in the 1970’s these stereotypes began to relax. During that time the socialization aspect continued with women taking roles as helpers and nurturers such as teachers and nurses. These expectations for the genders lead to career paths that were primarily woman’s roles and men’s roles. Although now‚ people are starting to take on occupations that were traditionally gender dominated the socialization of the genders persist (Swanson
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Should Toys Be More Gender-Neutral? This topic is one that does hit me close to home because I have a ten year old sister and a few other cousins younger than her. Though I did not really think about this topic much until now. It is the twenty-first century after all‚ shouldn’t gender-neutral toys be a thing? With this I researched this topic more with this help of my sister to learn more about. Though sadly I do believe that toys should be more gender-neutral even though they currently aren’t.
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Personal Gender Socialization Every culture has different guidelines about what is appropriate for males and females which forms with the culture and the environment they were brought up in. According to “A Brief Introduction by Richard T. Schaeffer (pg‚ 96)‚ socialization is the effects of the overall cultural practices of a society; it also shapes the images that we hold of ourselves. Growing up with Hispanic parents I was raised with many cultural beliefs that were installed within me starting
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Let’s say you’re a little girl in a toy store. You walk down the aisles‚ touching all of the toys available to you. How lovely to have all of these things to play with! You finally land on a box of action figures. When you show them to your mother‚ she wrinkles her nose at the superheroes and army men. “Wouldn’t you like a doll instead?” she asks. You don’t know how to answer. Maybe she’s right. After all‚ that’s what all the other girls want. Now you’re a little boy‚ and you don’t want those
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Gender and the Toy Store How do kids learn how to “act like a girl” or “act like a boy”? If gender is not biological but must be learned‚ then it is important to look at the ways we teach kids in our society how to “do gender” correctly. Kids learn gender in many different arenas and from many different people. One way kids learn about appropriate gender behavior is through toys. This assignment requires that you visit a toy store and take note of how toys are marketed differently to girls and
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corner‚ all the children are eager to purchase toys that create everlasting memories of their childhood‚ reflecting simplicity and innocence .However‚ the modern world has manipulated the public and children respectively over the past years through supplying sexist products called gender stereotyped toys.Gender stereotyped toys are tools of intellect that inflict discriminating gender schemas into children which subsequently alters their perception of gender and limits the freedom of children’s play
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Children would most likely learn certain gender role jobs. This was shown in lots of the toys as I was collecting my data. An example would be Legos‚ they represent any construction type of job where they build things‚ and they are found in the boy’s section of the toy department so‚ mostly boys buy/play with Legos. Therefore kids are learning that a construction type of job correlates with men doing that type of job because only boys play with it. However‚ Legos introduced there Lego friends line
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use of toys‚ books‚ and clothing‚ children are socialized into their “appropriate” gender. These objects provide influence over behavior and appearance‚ showing boys and girls what is appropriate for each gender. After some investigation it was found that the toys‚ books‚ and clothing that children use not only foster the norms of gender behavior and appearance‚ but also construct gender roles in their young minds. Toys play a major role in socializing young kinds into “appropriate” gender roles
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