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We don’t tell a boy to play with a fire truck, or a girl to play with a doll, or that what favorite color is appropriate to their gender, but they seemingly automatically choose what would be considered “normal” in today’s society. ...
Children are born with no knowledge, as everyone knows. Because of
this, the children need to learn somehow. To learn, children need someone or
something to teach them. ... But where do these children learn it from? ...
In a society filled with gender stereotypes and biases, children often adopt gender roles which are not always equal to both males and females.
Many people, such as scientists, believe gender roles are a result of biology and our genetic makeup; however the authors of some books and websites I have been researching have expressed their opinion otherwise.
Children learn at a very early age what it means to be a boy or girl in our society. With all the gender stereotypes and biases, it’s no wonder how sex separation exists. During childhood, children are exposed to a combination of factors that contribute to this segregation, and as children move on through childhood and later into adolescence many issues influence their views and beings, including their views of gender roles in the society they live in. ... ) an article tested children’s ability to distinguish between male and female activities and the effects of children’s understanding of gender consistency. ... It showed that by the age of 6, most children are accustomed to the “appropriate” way of doing things according to their gender. ...
An important contributing factor to a child’s mindset in the issue of gender roles is toys and games. ... One website explains that “Children are socialized into a highly gendered-stereotyped culture of computer (in which) computer games and educational programs reflect gender biases and stereotypes.
Approximate Word count = 1432
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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