Gender Lessons Learned in ChildhoodIn this activity, you will think about how you were taught to express your gender as a child. Socialization is an important part of childhood. Our parents, peers, and teachers, not to mention the media we consume, communicate to us in countless ways how to behave properly as a boy or a girl. If you were raised as a girl, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young woman should act. If you were raised as a boy, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young man should behave. Think back to your childhood/youth and answer the following questions with as many examples as you can:"When I was a child, I wanted to be like ___________ because ___________." You might relate
that you wanted to be like Batman or Miss America.
What will be an ideal response?
varies
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