analyzing gender

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Humanities

Submit a minimum 3 pages in Word document containing the following (You can go over 3 pages, if you need to):

  • Write down your earliest recollections about being a boy or a girl.
  • Which relative or family friend had the strongest influence on your perception of your own gender?
  • How did other people treat you?
  • How did the expectations for girls and boys differ?
  • How were they the same?
  • What kinds of toys did you have? How was your room decorated?
  • What kind of clothes did you wear for “dress up” occasions?
  • What kinds of activities did you engage in?
  • To what extent do you believe gender differences influence your daily lives now?
  • What strategies will you use (or are they currently using) in the gender socialization of your own children?