ANP 220 Chapter 7: Gendered Lives-Becoming Gendered: The Early Years
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Ability to think about, reflect on, and respond to ourselves. Participating in what you are doing, but also evaluating it at the same time. Seeing ourselves from other people"s perspectives, can only begin to evaluate ourselves after others have evaluated us. Observe and regulate our own attitudes and behaviors, using symbols, like language to define ourselves. Internalizing others" perspectives of us, what have other people told us is appropriate for who we are. Power dynamics between genders, girls envying freedom parents can give to brothers/boys in general. Children identifying with primary caretaker (often mother) Boys begin to diverge and look for masculine gender model, disassociating with earlier connection to femininity, can cause the rejection and devaluation young boys can have towards feminine traits. Boys development often occurs in groups, while girls have strong connection to mother. Point at which an individual stops and the rest of the world begins, distinguish self from everyone and everything else.
