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Gendered Behavior
At a young age, children learn and copy perceived gendered behavior, which in many cases leads to the limiting of children’s expression.
- Chick et al. 02
- Evaluation of a childcare facility suggests that gender role development is socially constructed and learned from birth.
- Aina and Cameron 11
- Gendered stereotypes were found to affect children’s perception of gender and appropriate behavior and proliferate through certain influences:
- Consumer products
- The Media
- Early childhood education
- Relationships with parents
- Gendered stereotypes were found to affect children’s perception of gender and appropriate behavior and proliferate through certain influences:
- Lee 08
- A study of Korean immigrant girls and gender stereotypes
- Subjects admired princesses based on beauty or singing voice while boys admired princes based on chivalry, courage, or actions. Combined with a tradition of female subservience in Korean culture, these young girls appeared to accept their disenfranchisement.
- Subjects perceived that a woman could not be President of the United States because a classroom poster depicted all-male presidents.
- A study of Korean immigrant girls and gender stereotypes
- Freedman 07
- Observed children between the ages of 3-5
- Children predicted parents would consistently apply these stereotypes as reflected by their approval or disapproval of children’s choices to play with gender stereotyped or cross-gender toys.
- As early as 3-5 years, children recognize stereotypes about gendered play and subconsciously account for social disapproval
- Saltmarsh 09
- One paper which details how children, from a young age, are subject to stereotyping and perceived gender differences, and the poststructuralist outlook