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Do you remember the particulars of your gender socialization?

Asked by Simone_De_Beauvoir (39052points) September 3rd, 2011

Do you remember what your parents & extended family did or say to make you learn how to appropriately be a boy or a girl? What did they explicitly tell you not to do because it wasn’t (allegedly) appropriate for the gender you were socialized into? Have any of your experiences traumatized you, growing up? Was your gender expression policed at any moment or was your rearing a positive experience, where what your parents said about gender norms made you feel more secure and clear on what your place was, in society?

If you’re a parent (this is a corollary), do you raise your kids according to the gender norms you were raised with? I’ve asked this question of my university students and they all said that though they don’t exactly know why they need to gender their kids, they will because that’s how they were raised. What do you think about that answer?

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