In todays society we, as children, are groomed to fit into the traditional gender roles by the purchases of gender-specific toys (ie. Trucks for boys, easy bake ovens for girls) as well as the purchase of blue and green clothing for boys and pink for girls. Many don’t even realize that they are ingraining things such as gender role in their children from such an early age. Some, however, break the mold and allow their children to cross the gender barriers that we as a society have set up and play with which ever toys they wish and wear whatever clothing they choose, unfortunately a lot of people attempt to shame those who don’t put define their child’s gender identity at a young age by calling their children names and telling the parent they will “turn them gay” if they allow their boys to play with dolls and their girls with trucks. A great example of people being attacked for allowing their children to be happy instead of forcing them to adhere to gender roles is the story of Andrew Hook who was attacked for building his two-year-old son a play kitchen because he enjoyed helping his parents cook (Peart, 2015).…
In this essay it will combine the contrasting views from the Functionalist, Marxist and Feminist perspectives on socialisation, including primary and secondary socialisation within a family unit and how gender inequalities can occur. It will also explain cross cultural society and cross cultural differences. Socialisation is the process where an individual learns the values, ideas, rules and beliefs within society. Functionalists believe all individuals are born to become the product of all social influences around them, whether this be different institutions for example, the family, education, media and religion. Whereas Marxists say that There are two categories within socialisation, these are primary and secondary.…
There is a little girl in kindergarten; she is wearing a pretty flowered dress, with pink tights. Most of the human population would expect her to be playing with dolls because of the gender roles they were taught in the society and culture we grew up in. Well this little girl is climbing a tree and most likely going to rip her tights. She loves wear dresses and loves the feeling of looking down from the tops of trees. Little does she know that as she grows up her parents, culture and society will teach her that she needs to sit proper and not get dirty.…
As women develop within western society, they are fed various types of images and messages of the expectations of their gender. A slim build, bright blue eyes, and large breasts are not the only acceptable and glamorized qualities of women, but the life course of women also tend to be controlled by the expectations of a wide society. Young girls are socialized through parents, the media, and school. In Getting a Man or Getting Ahead: A Comparison of White and Black Sororities, Alexander Berkowitz and Irene Padavic examine the values that are withheld and passed down within college sororities, and how the messages vary within white and black college sororities. Messages of the importance of marriage is predominantly encouraged amongst young…
Toys play an important role in gender socialization. Huge corporations, like Toy’s R US and Wal-Mart, have manipulated children into gender roles by exposing them to toys that act as social indicators of gender expectations. Gender socialization and Gender roles, are the processes by which individuals are taught how to socially behave in accordance with their assigned biological sex. The required behavior, individuals are expected to commit to, are set on societal norms dictating the types of behaviors that are desirable solely based on sex. Gender has been constructed by society in numerous ways.…
(Bryant, L., 2011). Functionalists agree that education may be seen to a clear-cut division of labor between husbands and wives through curricular specialization of the sexes in school. Providing better opportunities for boys as the potential breadwinner (Acker, S. et al. 1984). The ‘hidden curriculum’ that education contains helps to socialize students into their place into society, by creating passive and calm girls ready for the expressive role and independent aggressive boys. Heaton and Lawson (1996) support this view, believing that certain subjects are aimed at different gender groups that helps to teach people their place in society.…
The Social Construction Approach Essay Social construction theory is defined as society’s imposing historic and cultural influences having the power to exploit the biological differences between men and women to put both sexes into two different gender specific roles (Klement, 2016). Gender has less to do with nature and biology. There are no grounds to continue to create excuses for male dominance (Klement, 2016). Author Anne Fausto-Sterling presents the notion that gender is a socially fashioned concept.…
Research has shown that our gender and race are two factors that heavily shape our lives. While many people in our society tend to ignore how these two factors play a role in their life, I will be further exploring how they have impacted my life personally. With that said I will incorporate how gender norms and gender socialization have shaped my life and identity as a woman, as well as how my race of being a white person has shaped my life chances and opportunities. Gender norms and socialization structured many aspects of my life and allowed myself to have the gender identity of a woman. As I was growing up there seemed to be many gender norms that I would tend to follow as a child that associated myself as identifying as a woman.…
Gender socialization is the social construction of female and male behavior. With gender socialization there becomes gender inequality, which is the unequal treatment of individuals by others constructed by their gender. Gender socialization happens unnoticeably and connects to gender inequality. Gender socialization maintains and manipulates gender inequality in different ways. Three instances of gender socialization I observed were at work by a member, by my mom at my papa’s, and at my parent’s by my dad.…
Which gender-role theory do you most agree with? How do you think you learned gender? Provide a supporting example from your own life. (MCCCD Competency – 14) What gender role theory best suits my opinion, and why is it so beneficial to me; and how did it help in teaching me what gender role to pursue?…
About gender socialization begins at early age, not just clothes or toilet. In my childhood, the store has a different counter let boys and girls to choose what they want toys. As a boy, I will choose Transformers and animal planet Big Tub of Dinosaurs, toy car. Probably there are three types, action toys like that Transformers or superman model; machine toys like four-wheel drive or children electric motor; logic toys like logo and magic cube. Many small boys have a dream to save the world, but I hope I have a Chinese Kung Fu to fight crime.…
Gender roles determine that males and females act a certain way according to society, which are developed by the process of learning expectations of a certain sex. This process is referred to as gender socialization. During childhood, these influences play a large part in determining an individual 's values and how they portray the opposite sex. Many believed this leads stereotyped behavior and the underdevelopment of necessary skills. Given the possible effects of gender socialization, individuals should avoid promoting strict gender roles.…
Almost every person has had a moment in their life where they have questioned the gender stereotypes and expectations of some things whether it be what colors one can wear or what hobbies they can have. In pop culture we see gender stereotypes too often. In the popular 1993 movie The Sandlot Ham Porter tells a rival player that he “plays ball like a girl.” Now does that really make sense? During World War 2 a whole entire league for women’s baseball emerged and rivalled the success of the men’s league, so obviously girls can play ball.…
Though people may disagree, but I would like to argue that gender socialization has lost its effectiveness in teaching people how to behave. To prove this, I will show that regardless of being treated differently than the opposite gender, our role in the house may vary; there is no longer a negative cogitation to behaving like the opposite sex; and (third argument). From the day that we are born, we are already being socialised into our gender role. We are dressed differently, have different extracurricular activity, and treated differently than the opposite sex.…
Since the day we are born, we are appointed a gender, whether it’s a boy or a girl. Society then set rules for us based on our sex. Society has certain expectation for us, but does not have the same prospect for everyone. There are certain assumption for everyone, whether they are man, woman, children, young, old, or what ethnicity they are. The emotions and actions of man and woman that are acceptable or unacceptable are called “sex role” (McCubbin and Dahl. 1985).…