Gender Identity In Society
Publication Information
Devor, Aaron. “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender.” Rereading America. Ed. Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 424- 433. Print.
Brief Summary
This essay by Aaron H. Devor is about Gender Identity in society. Aaron has done research on how children become accustomed to gender and learn their role in society. It starts as early as eighteen months to two years of age, by this time children can identify their gender and the gender of other people, At age five to seven they believe that they are permanently a part of their gender group. He did studies on children with dolls. These kids were asked to identify the gender of the dolls. Most of them used attributes like hair length and not the anatomy of the dolls, thus proving that they do not fully understand the concept of the sex of people, but the gender of certain roles. They still believe at the age of five to the age of seven …show more content…
In my mind it is just how girls act and how guys act, but after reading in depth about everything he has to say I realize how much more there is to it. Guys try to be dominant over other people, try to impress girls, and try to show other men that they’re superior. I can’t necessarily agree that males are always the superior, I know plenty of women who can hold there own against men. Some women support families on their own. I don’t believe that one gender has to be set into a list of roles. Women can play sports just as well as men, and men can be just as sensitive as women. Having the urge to switch your gender is very unusual to me, but I know it would be a hard task to do with all the pressure from society. Aaron did something most people would not be able to do: defy society. Even if I wouldn’t want to do something along the lines of gender change, it takes a lot of a person to be able to do
Devor, Aaron. “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender.” Rereading America. Ed. Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004. 424- 433. Print.
Brief Summary
This essay by Aaron H. Devor is about Gender Identity in society. Aaron has done research on how children become accustomed to gender and learn their role in society. It starts as early as eighteen months to two years of age, by this time children can identify their gender and the gender of other people, At age five to seven they believe that they are permanently a part of their gender group. He did studies on children with dolls. These kids were asked to identify the gender of the dolls. Most of them used attributes like hair length and not the anatomy of the dolls, thus proving that they do not fully understand the concept of the sex of people, but the gender of certain roles. They still believe at the age of five to the age of seven …show more content…
In my mind it is just how girls act and how guys act, but after reading in depth about everything he has to say I realize how much more there is to it. Guys try to be dominant over other people, try to impress girls, and try to show other men that they’re superior. I can’t necessarily agree that males are always the superior, I know plenty of women who can hold there own against men. Some women support families on their own. I don’t believe that one gender has to be set into a list of roles. Women can play sports just as well as men, and men can be just as sensitive as women. Having the urge to switch your gender is very unusual to me, but I know it would be a hard task to do with all the pressure from society. Aaron did something most people would not be able to do: defy society. Even if I wouldn’t want to do something along the lines of gender change, it takes a lot of a person to be able to do