What I Learned My Feminine Behaviors Of A Girl

Facts: Masculine and feminine behavior is not just defined by the fact that we are born male or female - biology. Various cultural and societal influences also have an effect on the manner in which someone behaves. Men and women learn how to conduct themselves based on gender expectations created by society; the expected masculine and feminine characteristics are known as gender roles. According to the text, “General Psychology”, “Gender roles are demonstrated through the actions, general beliefs

Mischel and others explain… (As cited by Wood, 2015, p.45). “This theory claims that individuals learn to be masculine and feminine by imitating others and getting responses from others to their behaviors” developed by Walter Mischel (1966) and others (Bandura, 2002; Bandura & Walters, 1963; Burn, 1996). “Children imitate the communication they see on television, online, and on DVDs as well as the communication

My grand-daughter performs these actions because she has seen them being done by other little girls and women. Those things have allowed her to take an active part in forming her identity. In relation to my grand-daughter I am the feminine and competent one. According to the gender schema theory which claims, “An internal mental framework that organizes perceptions and directs behavior related to gender. Using gender schemata, children organize

interactions; however, it is not as simple as it may seem. A gender system occurs in every society. It is all about of all the ideas of female and male that are in a certain place at a certain time and all the values as regards who decides what, who does what, and how we feel ourselves and one another, mutually and independently. For this reason, there are too many gender researchers that study how we construct our life (for example, how we think, feel, interpret, etc.). Researches who came up with

1. I did my research on toys at Target. What I discovered was that mostly all gender-neutral toys have to do with educational toys and toys for children whose mindset does not see that’s a girl or boy toy. All the gender-neutral toys were colorful, but mostly used green, blue, yellow, and red colors, thus making targeting boys and girls. What I found in the masculine toy section was that mostly all the toys were blue, black, or dark colors. Lots of toys promoted violence like the Nerf guns and Power

our parents, relatives, and peers. My earliest enculturation experience is when I was in kindergarten. I learned about culturally accepted behaviors for both genders and experienced double standard between male and female. My family and my peers were the most influential in this enculturation experience as they were the people I associated with during my early childhood. My early childhood experience of double standard has shaped my values and how I perceive my culture. Double standard varies culture

gendered institutions such as family and friends we learn gender-appropriate behavior and develop our ideas and beliefs of what appropriate feminine and masculine gender roles are and form our gender identity. Gendered institutions are reinforced by a gender belief system, which are the feminine and masculine traits characteristics that are considered to be socially acceptable. Gender roles are the “attitudes, behavior, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex” (Kendall

Gender Roles      While I was growing up, gender roles were highly defined by my parents and teachers as well as all other societal influences. Boys were taught to do 'boy' things and girls were taught to do 'girly' things. The toys that children play with and the activities that are encouraged by adults demonstrate the influence of gender roles on today's youth.       In my formative years, the masculine traits that I learned came out because of the activities that my parents had me engage in

society works” (Wood, 51-52). As a child I was a member of the Girl Scout’s Troop and my brother was a Boy Scout. This group aid in helping shape my feminine identity and my brother’s masculine identity. My troop was predominantly Caucasian with a few African Americans and a couple of Hispanic girls. Nevertheless, being around other girls and doing activities that were labeled as feminine helped me as a child to understand what being a girl was about in a sense. My mother wanted to make sure we had the

My Gender Identity Social construction of gender to myself applies to the “normalcy” of girls are feminine while the boys are masculine but throughout my years I have learned to challenge it. Through various institutions starting with my family I have learned that my gender is feminine however through other influences I have not fully become a girl y girl as you would call it. Gender is considered to be on a micro level it is more personal level due to the fact it is your own identity what I according