Hey we are not the same you're a boy Iam girl.
By Robyn Brown
In the United States we learn our gender role at a really early ages. We was taught boys must be masculine whereas, girl must be feminine.Children know the parents role by the ages of three. They know the fathers role is to go out to work for his family and the mother stay home in work. Also the toys the child receives also help the child define the role of gender. For a example I did a experiment on my friend son. He is only three years old. I took his toy away from him, he started to get anger, so I gave him the toy back but it was the wrong toys. I gave him a doll baby because I wanted to see did he know what gender, play with dolls. His respones was " thats not my toys, that for little girls". In this video it show children doing the same thing like my friend son did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWc1e3Nbc2g I think the gender role have fail in this day and time. Today woman work and take care of the household. I also see woman doing hard labor jobs as well. Years ago their was job only for men policeman, mailman, and fireman etc. Womans were not able to work at them type of places but today that has changes.Woman are no longer taking the back seat anymore. Woman came along way in the United States. I think we discrimination went its come to gender and we still do.Went we do discrimination it may lead to this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWc1e3Nbc2g.
By Robyn Brown
In class we discussed how gender roles have tainted over time. I have the same opinion as you, when it comes to this issue, as it affects all interaction between boys and girls. I think for families to truly comprehend the influence that toys have on our young people, they must first understand gender socialization. We learned in class, that it refers to the learned behavior and attitudes considered appropriate for a given sex. Whereas boys learn to be boys and girls learn to be girls. Children are trained by their family. They are the ones who reinforce gender roles. Friends, school teachers, and the media are other vital enforcers. We are not born with knowledge of this world and how it operates. We are taught to feel a certain way about life and ourselves by socialization. For example, hospitals are the first place babies encounter gender socialization. It happens the very first time a doctor places a blue or pink hat on their heads. Another example is the preference for playing with same sex toys. Just from this alone, children learn which role to play.
ReplyDeleteLocal department stores do this all the time. They separate items for children by creating a blue and navy section and a pink and white section. In addition to color, the store reveals sexism. The girl section of the store is much bigger than the boy section. This can be viewed as a stereotype that girls have more of a material need than boys. Buying toys is another major issue. Some girl toys, can teach them the obsessive value of appearance for social acceptance. Girls learn how to be beautiful, just to make themselves be accepted. This is how society idealizes beauty as a means of identifying who we aren’t. However, parents tend to chose more masculine toys for their sons. For example, they chose action figures, such as; WWF wrestlers and Star Wars. These toys teach boys how to be competitive and aggressive.
These stereotypes are based on gender. Society expects children to abide by them; by enforcing them to be limited to only their own gender and not allowing them to explore different roles. This can end in disaster, as children develop over time. Girls may not build up their self- esteem and are not encourage to be achievers. While boys, they become over achievers, and never build up their self-esteem when they do not feel they measure up with every other boy.
In conclusion, I feel personally children shouldn’t have to live by these stereotypes. They should be encouraged to explore cross gender play at an early age. More importantly society should teach them to respect it and accept.