The Gender Trap : Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls / Emily W. Kane.
Kane, Emily W., author.
2012
HQ755.8 .K346 2012eb
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Title
The Gender Trap : Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls / Emily W. Kane.
Author
Kane, Emily W., author.
ISBN
9780814738788
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814738788.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814738788.001.0001 doi
Call Number
HQ755.8 .K346 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.874
Summary
From the selection of toys, clothes, and activities to styles of play and emotional expression, the family is ground zero for where children learn about gender. Despite recent awareness that girls are not too fragile to play sports and that boys can benefit from learning to cook, we still find ourselves surrounded by limited gender expectations and persistent gender inequalities. Through the lively and engaging stories of parents from a wide range of backgrounds, The Gender Trap provides a detailed account of how today's parents understand, enforce, and resist the gendering of their children. Emily Kane shows how most parents make efforts to loosen gendered constraints for their children, while also engaging in a variety of behaviors that reproduce traditionally gendered childhoods, ultimately arguing that conventional gender expectations are deeply entrenched and that there is great tension in attempting to undo them while letting 'boys be boys' and 'girls be girls.' Instructor's Guide
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. "Glamour Babies" and "Little Toughies"
One. Wanting a Girl, Wanting a Boy
Two. "It's in Their Nature"
3. "I Think a Lot of It Is Us, Parents and Society"
4. "We Try Not to Encourage It, but I Know It Gets in There"
5. "You Applaud All the Other Stuff"
6. "Surviving in a Gendered Culture"
Conclusion. "A Better World"
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
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