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the Influence of Peers on Children's Socialization to Gender Roles, Early Child Development and Care
Susan D. Witt (2000) the Influence of Peers on Children's Socialization to Gender Roles, Early Child Development and Care, 162:1, 1-7
In this article, Witt discusses how children gain their definition of gender roles from their peers. Witt states that gender role socialization begins from birth. Children are mainly affected by what they experience at home but there are four factors that shape gender: school, media, peers, and parents. Collins states that gender is the culmination of ideas. -
Consuming Images: How Television Commercials That Elicit Stereotype Threat Can Restrain Women Academically and Professionally.
Davies, Paul G., Steven J. Spencer, Diane M. Quinn, and Rebecca Gerhardstein. "Consuming Images: How Television Commercials That Elicit Stereotype Threat Can Restrain Women Academically and Professionally." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 28.12 (2002): 1615-628. Print.
This article analyzes how television commercials perpetuate on female stereotypes; these stereotypes can limit the advancement of women in society.
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The conversation has begun to focus on how children develop and analyze their role models. It is shown in this article that a child's role models shape how they view and analyze gender; gender is a concept heavliy based on expectations and children use their role models to develop these expectations. -
Freeman, Nancy K. "Preschoolers’ Perceptions of Gender Appropriate Toys and Their Parents’ Beliefs About Genderized Behaviors
Freeman, Nancy K. "Preschoolers’ Perceptions of Gender Appropriate Toys and Their Parents’ Beliefs About Genderized Behaviors: Miscommunication, Mixed Messages, or Hidden Truths?" Early Childhood Education Journal 34.05 (2007): 357-66. Web.
In this article, Freeman analyzes how gender is taught through toys and parental education. The article starts by analyzing marketing strategies that use gender roles to promote their product. Freeman reveals how genderization is present in all products becau -
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The conversation has shifted to focusing on a child parents and peers as the sources for developing gender. Gender is a concept of expectations and children use the expectations of their parents and peers to shape how they view their own gender. The conversation has focuses more on interactions with others. -
Content Analysis of Gender Roles in Media: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Go?
Collins, Rebecca L. "Content Analysis of Gender Roles in Media: Where Are We Now and Where Should We Go?" Sex Roles 64 (2011): 290-98. Web.
In this article, Collins analyzes how women are represented in the media. Collins found that women are presented as submissive and weak; women also find themselves in nonprofessional roles such as a caretaker. Collins shows that women are usually represented in subordinate roles. Collins notes that males outnumber females 2:5. The female underrepresentation -
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The conversation has shifted back to analyzing a child's role models. The conversation focuses on how often a good role model is portrayed and how they are portrayed. The conversation focuses more on the interactions between female and male role models. -
"Gender Stereotypes of Personality: Universal and Accurate?
Löckenhoff, Corinna E. "Gender Stereotypes of Personality: Universal and Accurate?" Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 45.5 (2014): 675-94. Sagepub.com. 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2014.
Löckenhoff states that there is correlation between certain biological traits and certain personality traits. This article expresses the idea that women tend to be more willing to experience new things and thoughtful; men are opposite. The article attempts to find the correlation between biological traits and -
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The conversation has shifted to analyzing the biological aspects of one's gender. This conversation focuses on innate personality traits that are tied to one's sex. The conversation views sex and gender as one in the same. -
Gender Roles in Tween Television Programming: A Content Analysis of Two Genres
Gehring, Ashton, and Nancy Signorielli. "Gender Roles in Tween Television Programming: A Content Analysis of Two Genres." Sex Roles 60 (2014): 43-56. Web.
This article analyzes how women and men are portrayed in tween television shows. The article describes the tween years as a pivotal stage in development because children begin to identify themselves as male or female. This article analyzes how characters in these television shows are represented and how it affects their intended audience. -
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The conversation begins to focus on how gender is represented in the media. The conversation has focused on how stereotypes about males and females are refected in the media. The conversation has focued on how television breeds the stereotypical men and women in society.
