My paper is going to focus on gender schema and socioeconomic status and how it effects education. It is imperative society’s stereotypical conception of gender roles be shifted towards and equitable principle in order to eliminate prejudice.
“Jayden say hello to Mrs. Carlson your dad’s boss”. My son looked up at me inquisitively and responded “But she’s not a boy”. I laughed and told him women can be bosses too just like men. Gender roles are taught to us unknowingly and without a second thought as we develop throughout are our lives. In spite of many woman taking on roles that men do now and vice versa the stigma that woman belong in the kitchen and men bring home the bacon still has a profound influence on the way we present roles to our …show more content…
If they are raised in a house hold where the father is the stay at home parent and the mother is the one who works the child will realize that it’s not only the mother that can stay home to cook and clean. This shows the child that men can do things woman do without consequence. I also believe that gender schemas depend on a child’s personality. Some woman dream of having a daughter to dress in frilly dresses and bows doused in pink. However despite their best efforts of exposing their child to dolls and play kitchens that child may take more interest into watching football with dad or playing monster truck with other little boys. This to me also shows that despite a child’s environment, their personality also can make a pivotal turn in their own view of gender roles. In my opinion, raising our children to understand the importance of men and women being equal is crucial. They must know that we all afford the same opportunities and should not be placed into this box of stereotypical gender role expectations because that’s not the world we live in. Too many parents believe that if their son plays with a doll that they are going to homosexual. We never …show more content…
Economic status definitely can make a difference in a child’s intellectual growth. Children from low-SES families often begin kindergarten with significantly less linguistic knowledge (Purcell-Gates, McIntyre, & Freppon, 1995). Families in the lower class typically don’t have education past high school and work so many hours they can barely make time to assist their child with homework. Moments such as reading to your child at bed time become an added chore rather than being viewed as an opportunity to teach your child and spending time with them. It only makes sense that someone of the lower echelon would have less resources to provide a child with the tools they need to be successful right? Not necessarily. This same situation could be ever present in the home of a wealthy family where mom and dad are constantly working and are unable to really focus on their child at home. Despite being prosperous in the monetary department, their child is taking a negative turn education wise due to lack of parental guidance. In turn you could have a single mother like I did growing up that placed an emphasis on learning and excelling. My mother always made sure I went to a magnet program from elementary to high school without fail. I didn’t get my first letter grade of a B until the 8th grade and I was always in the honors program. My mother was raised in a strict home on the island of St. Kitts where they still used a hole
“Jayden say hello to Mrs. Carlson your dad’s boss”. My son looked up at me inquisitively and responded “But she’s not a boy”. I laughed and told him women can be bosses too just like men. Gender roles are taught to us unknowingly and without a second thought as we develop throughout are our lives. In spite of many woman taking on roles that men do now and vice versa the stigma that woman belong in the kitchen and men bring home the bacon still has a profound influence on the way we present roles to our …show more content…
If they are raised in a house hold where the father is the stay at home parent and the mother is the one who works the child will realize that it’s not only the mother that can stay home to cook and clean. This shows the child that men can do things woman do without consequence. I also believe that gender schemas depend on a child’s personality. Some woman dream of having a daughter to dress in frilly dresses and bows doused in pink. However despite their best efforts of exposing their child to dolls and play kitchens that child may take more interest into watching football with dad or playing monster truck with other little boys. This to me also shows that despite a child’s environment, their personality also can make a pivotal turn in their own view of gender roles. In my opinion, raising our children to understand the importance of men and women being equal is crucial. They must know that we all afford the same opportunities and should not be placed into this box of stereotypical gender role expectations because that’s not the world we live in. Too many parents believe that if their son plays with a doll that they are going to homosexual. We never …show more content…
Economic status definitely can make a difference in a child’s intellectual growth. Children from low-SES families often begin kindergarten with significantly less linguistic knowledge (Purcell-Gates, McIntyre, & Freppon, 1995). Families in the lower class typically don’t have education past high school and work so many hours they can barely make time to assist their child with homework. Moments such as reading to your child at bed time become an added chore rather than being viewed as an opportunity to teach your child and spending time with them. It only makes sense that someone of the lower echelon would have less resources to provide a child with the tools they need to be successful right? Not necessarily. This same situation could be ever present in the home of a wealthy family where mom and dad are constantly working and are unable to really focus on their child at home. Despite being prosperous in the monetary department, their child is taking a negative turn education wise due to lack of parental guidance. In turn you could have a single mother like I did growing up that placed an emphasis on learning and excelling. My mother always made sure I went to a magnet program from elementary to high school without fail. I didn’t get my first letter grade of a B until the 8th grade and I was always in the honors program. My mother was raised in a strict home on the island of St. Kitts where they still used a hole