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Chapter 7: Gendered Family Dynamics
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Chapter Seven:Chapter Seven:
Gendered Family DynamicsGendered Family Dynamics
gendered lives
““The family is the lynchpin of The family is the lynchpin of gender, reproducing it from gender, reproducing it from one generation to the next.”one generation to the next.”
~ Susan Moller Okin~ Susan Moller Okin
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Entering a Gendered SocietyEntering a Gendered Society
• Self-as-Object
First Views are External
Later Internalize Views of Self
Internalize Only After Experiencing Others
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Entering a Gendered SocietyEntering a Gendered Society
• Monitoring
• Internal Dialogues
• Monitor Selves
• Tell Selves What to Think,
Do, Look Like, and Feel
• Use Symbols to Define Self Gender and Societyhttp://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
Gender and Societyhttp://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
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Gendering Communication Gendering Communication in the Familyin the Family
• Unconscious Processes
• Social Learning and Cognitive Development
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Unconscious Processes: Unconscious Processes: Identification & InternalizationIdentification & Internalization
• Sigmund Freud
Anatomy is Destiny
Little Empirical Support
• Families ARE Critical to
Formation of Gender Identity
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Unconscious Processes: Unconscious Processes: Identification & InternalizationIdentification & Internalization
• Around Age 3 Male and
Female Development Diverges
• Boys Identify Less with
Mothers, More with Males
• Complicated by Lack of Men
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Unconscious Processes: Unconscious Processes: Identification & InternalizationIdentification & Internalization
• Girls Rewarded for
Interactions with Mothers
• See Mother as Role Model
for Femininity
• Boys Rewarded for
Roaming and Independence
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Unconscious Processes: Unconscious Processes: Identification & InternalizationIdentification & Internalization
• Discussion of Gender, Not Sex
• Not Born to Be Connected or Independent
• Masculine Women and Men Value
Independence and Distance
• Feminine Women and Men Value
Relationships and Closeness
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Unconscious Processes: Unconscious Processes: Identification & InternalizationIdentification & Internalization
• Ego Boundaries
Where Self Stops and World Begins
Female Boundaries More Permeable
Male Boundaries Less Permeable
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Parental Communication Parental Communication about Genderabout Gender
• Value of Males and Females
• Reflects Gender Stereotypes
• Different Expectations for Achievement
• Conveyed Through Toys, Clothes, & Chores
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Parental ModelingParental Modeling
• Masculinity and Femininity
• Male-Female Relationships
• Gender and Physical Appearance
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Different Contributions of Different Contributions of Mothers and FathersMothers and Fathers
• Fathers Help with Agency
• Mothers Help with Competence in
Relationships
• Fathers Play More, Care Take Less
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Growing Up MasculineGrowing Up Masculine
• Don’t Be Female
• Be Successful
• Be Aggressive
• Be Sexual
• Be Self-Reliant
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Growing Up FeminineGrowing Up Feminine
• Appearance Still Counts
• Be Sensitive and Caring
• Negative Treatment by Others
• Be Superwoman
• No Single Meaning of Feminine Anymore
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Growing Up Outside Growing Up Outside Conventional Gender RolesConventional Gender Roles
• Gay Men Ostracized because
Perceived as Feminine
• Transgendered and Intersexed
People Want Choice
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