Sociology Learners

Gender and Socialization

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">When boys behave aggressively while playing&comma; talking and interacting as far as their actions does not inflict any harm&comma; the phrase is usually used by the people that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;boys will be boys”&period; Which means that&comma; aggressive behavior is expected from the boys&comma; by the society&comma; it’s considered as masculinity&period; However&comma; if girls behave in the same way&comma; it is not accepted by the society because it is not considered as feminine role or trait&period; Social norms define particular roles for male and female and they learn it via socialization&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Boys and girls learn from young age that&comma; different social roles are expected from them by the members of society&period; Cross cultural study suggest that&comma; by the age of 2 or 3 children become aware of their social roles&comma; at the age of 6 they act accordingly&period; They acquire these roles via the process of socialization&period; In the process of socialization people learn the expected behavior dictated by the societal norms&comma; values and beliefs&period; In most societies riding bike is considered as the masculine activity and men are expected to ride motorcycle&period; Females are considered to be&comma; too fragile and timid for riding bike&period; Such stereotype laid the foundation of sexism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Sexism refers to the discriminatory beliefs of the society&comma; that value one sex over other&period; In societies where sexism exist and women are unvalued compare to men&comma; girls may not have access to&comma; nutrition&comma; education&comma; comfort&comma; play and healthcare same as boys&period; Girls in such society start believing that they deserve to be treated differently from boys&period; Gender based discrimination exist both at macro and micro level of society&period; Discrimination that develop into the social structure is known as institutional discrimination&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

Exit mobile version