Communication with children and stereotypes
My topic is basically how communication depends
> whether the parents are communication with boys or
> girls and how such communication perpetuates and
> creates gender stereotypes in kids. For example, when boys are told
> that boys don’t cry or when girls are told to be
> girly.
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Communication with children and stereotypes
Historical background
Gender socialization is broadly understood as the process of instructing children, adolescents, and youth in the core expectations of the male and female gender roles (Epstein & Ward, 2011). Gender stereotypes are a predominant feature of society that emerges from gender identity which is defined as a person’s sense of self in either identifying as male or female. A stereotype refers to the general…
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