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:What can you do to change this socialization process to create more equality between men and
women?
What will be an ideal response?
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