CAS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gender Role, Cooties
26 Jun 2019
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Ch 11: working with families around gender issues. Why it is important to think about teaching gender roles. Includes ideas about appropriate appearance, attitudes, and behaviors. Strictly defined and regulated versus fluid and accepted. Boys" desire to take on feminine clothes, styles and activities. May be molded into a role they may not fit. Boys dressed for play girls dressed for show. Toys play an important part in defining gender roles. One set of messages versus another set of messages. Toys to some extent determine which roles and skills they learn. It isn"t just where children play or what they play with. Language has an influence on gender role development. Teachers can empower girls (and boys too) by: teaching them to use assertive language. Phrases such as sort of and i guess versus please take off your dirty shoes. Modeling is an important method of teaching gender roles. Children imitate the important people in their lives.
