welcome to gender and society pamela collins, ma
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Becoming Gendered Self- as an Object First- views are external Later- Internalize views of self Internalize- only after experiencing othersTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to Gender and Society
Pamela Collins, MA
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Becoming Gendered
The family is the lynchpin of gender, reproducing it form one generation to
the next.
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Becoming Gendered
Self- as an Object• First- views are external
• Later- Internalize views of self• Internalize- only after experiencing
others
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Becoming Gendered
Monitoring• Internal Dialogues• Monitoring selves
• Tell selves- what to do, look like and feel
• Use symbols to define self
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Becoming Gendered
Gendering Communication in the Family:
• Unconscious processes• Social Learning and Cognitive
development
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Becoming Gendered
Unconsciousness processes:Sigmund Freud
Anatomy is destinyLittle empirical support
Family are critical to forming gender identity
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Becoming Gendered
Unconscious processes:• Age 3- male & female development
diverges• Boys identify less with mothers, more
with girls• Complicated by lack of men in lives
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Becoming Gendered• Girls rewarded for interaction with
mothers• Mother seen as role model for
femininity• Boys rewarded for independence and
roaming
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Becoming Gendered Unconscious processes
• Discussing gender, not sex• Not born to be connected not
independent• Masculine women and men value
independence and distance• Feminine men and women value
relationships and closeness
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Becoming Gendered• Unconscious processes
• Ego Boundaries• Where self starts and the world
begins• Female boundaries are permeable• Male boundaries less permeable
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Becoming GenderedValues of males & females
Gender stereotypesDifferent expectations & achievement
Different expectations for assertiveness
Encourage gender appropriate behaviors
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Becoming Gendered• Parental communication & gender
• Mothers spend more time with children
• Mothers focus upon providing comfort, security
• Fathers talk more about previous generations
• Fathers encourage physical play• Mothers more likely to talk about sex
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Becoming Gendered• Parental Communication
• Girls use both parents as role models• Boys rely more on fathers as role
models• Parents communicate gender
expectations through toys and games• Household toys
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Becoming Gendered• Parental Modeling• Masculinity & femininity• Changing due to diversity in families• Women breadwinners• Fathers at home• Gay & lesbian families• Blended families
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Becoming Gendered• Parental Modeling
• Gender & Physical appearance• Physical strength is masculine• Being thin is feminine
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Becoming Gendered• Different contributions of fathers and
mothers
• Fathers help with agency• Mothers help with confidence with
relationships• Fathers play more, care takes less
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Becoming Gendered• Growing up masculine
• Don’t be feminine• Be successful• Be aggressive• Be sexual• Be self reliant
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Becoming Gendered• Growing up feminine
• Be sensitive and caring• Negative treatment by others• Be superwoman
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Becoming Gendered• Growing up without specific gender
roles:• Gay men ostracized for being
perceived as feminine• Lesbians scorned for being
masculine• Transgenders and intersexed people
are isolated• Hard to find role models
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Gender Roles• How did your parents and/or other
primary caregivers persuade or encourage you to follow gender roles? Was this “push” based in culture and/or generational views?
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Gender roles• How was this accomplished in your
family? Do you believe that this has or will influence your own parenting style/skills if you become a parent?
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Gender roles• How did your parents and/or other
primary caregiver respond to the statement "I want to be….(career choice)… when I grow up"? What avenues did they take to either support or negate your thoughts?