analyzing gender
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?