Gender Roles and Children

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This paper looks at the issues that influence children and shape traditional gender roles. The paper also reviews articles that discuss gender stereotyping. According to the paper, parental influence and social pressures are the two main factors that determine gender roles.

From the Paper:

"Throughout history, gender and gender stereotypes have played a substantial role in the development of social attitudes towards women and men. The Web site www.minddisorders.com points out that in the 1800s, the industrial revolution brought dramatic changes to gender roles; men began going off to work and earning money, transferable to goods and services. The work women did, though, was "not transferable"; prior to the industrial movement, men and women often engaged in the same tasks, working a farm or a homestead, and things were equal and shared. So, men's relative independence gave them influence and power, while women were kept at home and stereotypes were attached to them as frail, domestic, suited for child rearing and cooking."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Banerjee, Robin; & Lintern, Vicki. (2000). Boys will be Boys: The Effect of Social Evaluation Concerns on Gender-Typing. Social Development, 9(3), 397-407
• Kid Source. (2006). Gender Issues in Children's Literature. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 16 Nov. 2006 from http://www.kidsource.com/education/gender.issues.L.A.html.
• Mind Disorders. (2006). Gender Issues in Mental Health. Gender Theories. Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Retrieved 15 Nov. 2006 from http://www.minddisorders.com/flu-inv/gender-issues-in-mental-health.html.

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