socialization/ sexism/ stimulation of parents/ dissimilar socialization Flashcards
how children stimulate their parents differently
- parents use the term for baby boys such as firm, large featured, more alert and stronger
- parents for baby girls use delicate, soft and small
- baby boys sleep less than baby girls, and become more irritable
- baby boys are held more as their parents try to soothe them due to irritableness
- more rambunctious behaviour is due to the way the parents handled the baby boy
kindergarten children and wee baby experiment
- baby boy was sometimes dressed as a boy and sometimes dressed as a girl
- when asked to describe the babies, the kindergartener’s described them as small and cuddly
- when asked to describe them on a descriptive level they differentiated along sexist lines, john was noisy and tough and laura was gentle and cheerful
different intact families
- families with mother and fathers that have only sons are the most traditional in the terms of sexist stereotyping
- families with sons and daughters are said to be less sexist in their approach to boys and girls
- families with only girls are the least sexist and the most egalitarian of the family types with regard to their youth, and the role of boys and girls
learned helplessnesss
-boys are seen as wrestling with their father and rough housing, teaching them how to prepare for anticipated encounters in the future
-in families with girls fathers are more likely to play tickle
-by the age 7 boys are expected to be able to control their emotions as if he cries he may be called a whimp etc.
-girls are more dependent, loving, etc.
-girls are socialized in learned helplessness
-research shows girls are 3x more likely to get help when asking for it
-boys help response is usually negative
part of sexist stereotype problem is how we treat children
childrens games, play and sports
- in ads targeted to girls we see passive types of toys for girls e.g. dolls, household appliances
- for boys it is more dynamic e.g. lego, sports equipment
- what is available for boys and girls regarding toys is largely sexist in nature
- girls are less exposed to 3-dimensional, visual activities and skills which is why there is a shortage of girls interested in these types of professions e.g. engineering, construction
- with play boys are traditionally given hockey skates where girls are given figure skates showing a difference in how girls and boys are organized in play, teams, sports etc.
- boys play is more intense and competitive and girls play is more fun/ less competitive
- in sports womens roles have been “cheerleader” for the mens organized teams, boys have been approved by what they do and girls have been approved by how they look
caregiving dads and moms/ dad and mom style
-mom and dad are growing closer together in their style of nurturing children however mom is still seen as the more sensitive one who calmly instructs the children, dad is still the fun one
-during the new age of the dual family career, mothers and fathers are outing the quality and quantity of time with family first
-men and women have both realized that children thrive off of the love of 2 fully attentive parents
-men and women are equally as nurturing as the other
mr mom=
-children were more egalitarian/ free than those coming from traditional homes and played in a more gender neutral manner, these children surpassed their peers from traditional homes on a intellectual and social development level
-in mr. mom households both parents are as equally involved giving 100% of their attention to their child because the dad is fully involved and the mother continues to be fully involved
-in traditional homes it is 11/2 parents, mom is there all the time and dad is there 1/2 the time as he works etc.
Macabee and Jaclyn
-dads style of nurturing still have some sex undertones, father less comfortable with their sons in a tutu than their daughters in in a firemans outfit
