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The lecture discusses the social construction of gender, emphasizing that gender socialization begins at birth and is influenced by family, peers, and media. It highlights the distinction between gender and sex, arguing that gender is a social construct rather than a biological one, as noted by Lorber. The document also references examples from children's experiences, illustrating how societal norms shape their understanding of gender roles over time.

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The lecture discusses the social construction of gender, emphasizing that gender socialization begins at birth and is influenced by family, peers, and media. It highlights the distinction between gender and sex, arguing that gender is a social construct rather than a biological one, as noted by Lorber. The document also references examples from children's experiences, illustrating how societal norms shape their understanding of gender roles over time.

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Social Construction of Gender Lecture

1. Gender socialisation starts from birth, and it is never over. Most of the time, boys are

spoken to, addressed, and managed in a way that encourages the development of male

characteristics. In the same way, girls are treated in a way that encourages the development of

feminine traits. As a result, females get more attention than boys, according to Stockard

(2006), who claims that boys are better prepared for the challenges they will face in the

future. There are several factors that influence a child's socialisation process, such as their

family, friends and the media. Because my mother didn't pay much attention to the sort of

clothing a kid should wear, I had the option to wear both masculine and feminine clothing. I

had no idea what the gender terms meant. Gender bias from my brother and his buddy was

the catalyst for my initial gender identification. I've included a snapshot of my earliest

recollection of being gendered in this post.

2. As a society, we establish gender based on how work is divided, who is responsible for

what, and how culture defines character and how limited resources are allocated. Society

employs social construction to grade gender, which leads to increasing levels of prejudice as

one gets older. The idea that gendering is based on the variations in procreative physiology

between the sexes is also widely held. Gender and sex are not the same thing, according to

Lorber. The fundamental physiological distinctions between females and males are their

genitalia and reproductive functions, but Lorber argues that gender is a social construct that

does not come from these physical differences (Lorber, 247). There are rudimentary signals,

according to her, built into indorsed social elites' constructions of skin colour and other

characteristics such as sex and stature.

3. An example of how children create their gender is given by Michael Messner in his paper

"Barbie Girls vs Sea Monster: Children Constructing Gender." Before their first soccer
match, he watched two separate sets of kids: the Sea Monsters, an all-boys squad, and the

"Barbie Girls," an all-girls team. As early as infancy, society begins to enforce and teach

gender distinctions and ideology to its immigrants; this article explains not only how children

perceive and are taught the differences between genders, but how these evolve as they get

older.

References

Messner, M.A., 2000. Barbie girls versus sea monsters: Children constructing gender. Gender

& society, 14(6), pp.765-784.

Lorber, J., 1994. Night to his day”: The social construction of gender. Paradoxes of gender, 1,

pp.1-8.

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