In our society an infant's external genitalia are visually inspected moments after birth, and, in most cases, he or she is immediately identified as a boy or a girl. The psychiatrist Robert Stoller once observed that "one can see evidence" of children's "unquestioned femininity or masculinity" by the time they begin to walk (Pg.99 from Adler text book 2nd ed).
"Although adults sometimes instruct young children about the defining anatomical characteristics of males and females, those instructions are often more confusing than enlightening in a society in which bodies are typically clothed" (pg.101). Young children learn about gender once they start to observe themselves, observe parents and people surround them; also by "practical experimentation transforming power of appearance management encourages them to embrace behaviorally their sex class identities" (pg.106).
"Although adults sometimes instruct young children about the defining anatomical characteristics of males and females, those instructions are often more confusing than enlightening in a society in which bodies are typically clothed" (pg.101). Young children learn about gender once they start to observe themselves, observe parents and people surround them; also by "practical experimentation transforming power of appearance management encourages them to embrace behaviorally their sex class identities" (pg.106).
No comments:
Post a Comment