i need help with a school project?

[390JOE]

you may or may not know this but im going to school for video editing, but before i can get to take that class i have to take some bs classes first.  and one of thoes bs classes is Introduction to Sociology (but i do have to say it is somewhat interesting), and i have to write a paper about Gender Socialization. 

so here is a brief example of what im looking for

The purpose of this paper is to give you a chance to analyze how children learn about gender.  This exercise will help you put what you have learned about socialization and/or gender socialization into practice.  It will give you a sense of how social structures and institutions are organized, created and maintained in society.  It will help you understand how children learn to "do gender" (in other words, how children learn to behave and present themselves in ways that make them easily viewed as a boy or a girl).  By analyzing the gender make-up of children's toys or clothes, you will have a chance to see how gender and socialization work in the real world.  Remember, that gender socialization, as any other form of socialization, has less to do with biology (nature) than with learning (nurture).

but overall my theory that im coming up with is that parenting has a bigger impact on the gender roles kids take; like boys will be boys and girls will be girls or in other words the parent dictates what a boy is versus what a girl is.  so if you could help me with your thoughts on this subject that would be great.  thanks

[marshall]

 my buddy said that the chicks he dated that were raising boys without a dad around were raising boys you would think were 'gay'. Scared of bugs, didn't like dirt, etc.

[magic]

my buddy said that the chicks he dated that were raising boys without a dad around were raising boys you would think were 'gay'. Scared of bugs, didn't like dirt, etc.

same as kids act different based on money...poor kids use sticks, stones and anything handy to have fun...rich kids wouldn't be caught dead with em.

[BigFrank]

were all products of our enviorment and yes it starts early on in life   if i look back at my childhood   i was raised on a farm where some of my first memorys were playing with toy tractors and trucks  my dad always had numerous cars and trucks that he was working on and i was always right there    usually in the way lol   but  it has stuck with me my whole life     threw out our lifes experiances that we go thru is what makes us HOW we are now   but what makes us WHO we are starts early on in life    I think if you added a poll too this thread and ask  if  you were exposed too  wrenching/fast cars /hp/etc etc at a young age  most of us would answer YES     im shure marshall can  id where this picture was taken   

[blazer1620]

I'm not sure how much of an impact the color of your clothes are or what type of toys you play with have. I have a cousin who was raised with two brothers by both parents and while two of the brothers are grease monkeys,the third cant even change a tire. Growing up,nobody in our family had much money so he played with the same toys as the rest of us,even wore the same hand me down clothes that cycled thru the family. I believe the many different traits are already there,you just choose which path you want to follow.

[catwomen]

The social standing of the family will impact how a child is raised.  It is true that by the age of 2 most all of the childs habits are ingraned.  Most all  boys will want to grow up like their dad's and most all girls will want to be like their mom's.  A lot of the difference is do to the experiences the children go throught. Two children in the same surconstance will not always do the same thing do to what they have learned. 1 may climb a tree but the other has fallen to may times and will not.  A lot of what makes us different is the experences that we go throught.  Yes, a lot of who you are is do to your parents, teachers and other people that influnece you.  A lot of comes down to what you have learned from your own experinces.

[motersports3211]

Check out the book Why Gender Matters By Leonard Sax... might help a little i just recently had to read it for an English class... (Going to school for auto mechanic) so I know what you are talking about re the BS classes

[BigFrank]

The social standing of the family will impact how a child is raised.  It is true that by the age of 2 most all of the childs habits are ingraned.  Most all  boys will want to grow up like their dad's and most all girls will want to be like their mom's.  A lot of the difference is do to the experiences the children go throught. Two children in the same surconstance will not always do the same thing do to what they have learned. 1 may climb a tree but the other has fallen to may times and will not.  A lot of what makes us different is the experences that we go throught.  Yes, a lot of who you are is do to your parents, teachers and other people that influnece you.  A lot of comes down to what you have learned from your own experinces.

that's what I was getting at

[xjs3667]

This reminds me of the movie Kidnigarten cop ........ where the little kid stands up and says ''boys have penises, girls have vaginas''......lmao

[390JOE]

thank you everybody for your responses, but after yesterday i will not need to do this paper because i got dropped from the class which for me is a good thing because it helps me keep my gpa in somewhat good order.  so again thank you for your help.