Avicolli's View Of Gender Socialization

Since the beginning of Western Civilization there has always been a social difference between men and women. In many societies they believe women were emotional, couldn’t make logical decisions, needs to be taken care by their men, and only should take care of the children and the household chores. Men were capable of doing many things and were more open to do what they wish. As the world develop culture and views changed and adapted to fit the current time but one thing always stayed the same, gender differences, what is fit for a boy and for a girl.
Not only one can detect which is the boy section and girl section simply by the color of the clothing in the section, but also the formal wear expected of the gender. Girls’ clothes are colored …show more content…
Avicolli gives us insight how gender socialization can be harmful to children if one stands out from the social norms. In constructing gender roles in children upbringing those who doesn’t like the expectations of their gender is called out among their group. Training boys’ minds to believe they are to like sports, to fight, even as far as boys are to walk and talk a certain way they are pick on and cast out among their group. Take the boy in the article for an example was bullied because what other boys were raise to believe he doesn’t fit in. The theory of bullying starts at home can be argue using the social construction of society status of gender roles. Last fall I had a five year old student who refuse to call me Coach Taylor and believe I was a boy no matter what his fellow classmates or my assistants would tell him otherwise. Though I was wearing pink shorts that reach to my knees and a loose plain black polo, but because I had short hair he believed I was a boy and called me Tyler. Though it didn’t hurt my feelings it did bother my other students, especially those who mothers have short hair sees nothing wrong with girls having short hair. It speaks volumes about how gender socialization is changing when it’s just one who believes in something …show more content…
I’m frankly tired of society labeling everything into gender categorizes and believe everything should be gender neutral, unisex. My mother raised me almost similar as “Pop,” allowing me to choose the toys I want to play or the clothes I want to wear as long it is within means my mother didn’t deny me anything that is consider for “boys.” It shouldn’t matter what department one got their clothing, it shouldn’t be question of their gender because clothing is just material. I tend to buy men’s pants because I can get the perfect size for my waist and leg length. I also prefer buying guy hoodies because they are thicker, and warmer. I personally don’t go by what one wears or acts to guess or assume their gender because of that. If women want men to treat us with respect, then we need to raise them to think its okay to cry. If we want bullying to stop we need to stop gender socialization and emphasis instead that everyone is different, that everyone can like what they want, and be who they want, and there is nothing wrong with