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Children begin to acquire gender stereotypes in
1. early childhood
2. puberty
3. adolescence
4. None of the above

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Gender refers to the socially constructed differences between men and women. It refers to the masculine and feminine qualities, behaviour, roles, and responsibilities that society upholds. Gender can be changed / re-oriented.

Gender stereotype an oversimplified and unfair belief or idea that groups of people have particular characteristics or that all people in a group are the same.

 

Early childhood:- 

  • 'Early childhood' lies between the age of '2 to 6 years.
  •  It is a very crucial period for the overall development of the child.
  • It is also known as the toy age, pre-gang age, and exploratory age, etc.

Gender stereotyping appear hand in hand with the development of gender identity in early childhood.

  • Gender stereotypes are beliefs about the characteristics or attributes of men and women, boys and girls.
  • Almost all children become aware of gender stereotypes regardless of family attitudes or values because the mass media and peer interactions, especially at school, expose most children to messages about gender.
  • By around 26 months children become most aware of gender differences associated with adults—adult possessions, physical appearance, roles, and abstract characteristics such as softness.
  • At around 31 or 32 months of age, children show awareness of stereotypes about children’s toys. Later on, at around 5 years, children start to exhibit gender stereotype knowledge about traits or attributes such as “gentle” or “adventurous”
  • When spontaneously describing what girls and boys are like, children describe girls largely in appearance-related terms. This includes things such as dresses, jewellery, hair, make-up, and perfume.
  • In contrast, when spontaneously describing what boys are like, children describe boys largely in inactivity or behaviour-related terms. This includes descriptions such as hitting, wrestling, rough-and-tumble play, and action fantasy play.
  • Thus, already at a young age, girls are what they look like, whereas boys are what they do.

Hence, we can conclude that children begin to acquire gender stereotypes in early childhood.

  • Gender discrimination describes the situation in which people are treated differently simply because they are male or female, rather than based on their individual skills or capabilities.
  • A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviours and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on that person's biological or perceived sex.
  • Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex at birth or can differ from it.

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