Gender Development

Gender Development - 4 years old

• Extensive WHAT

• Activities and traits

• WHAT of a game

• WHAT segregation

Gender Development - 4 years old

• Extensive KNOWLEDGE

• Activities and traits

• RULES of a game

• POWER segregation

(they track whats correlated to boys and girls)

Peers and Gender

• Gender WHAT

• Preference for gender WHAT toys

• Preference for WHAT playmates

Peers and Gender

• Gender POLICE

• Preference for gender STEREOTYPES toys

• Preference for SAME-GENDER playmates

(wants to associate with kids who look similar to them)

Media and gender

• WHAT (TV, Internet, Music)

• WHAT:

1. Children’s WHAT

2. WHAT and meals

3. Shampoo, pencils

4. WHAT

Media and gender

• MODELLING (TV, Internet, Music)

• CONSUMERISM:

1. Children’s CLOTHING

2. TOYS and meals

3. Shampoo, pencils

4. COLOURS

Gender stability - age 4

• Gender WHAT stage 2

• Gender is WHAT

• Boys become WHAT

• Girls become WHAT

Gender stability - age 4

• Gender IDENTITY stage 2

• Gender is STABLE

• Boys become MEN

• Girls become WOMEN