Sex Role Socialization and the Nursery School
As the Twig Is Bent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2586562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carole Joffe (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467 |
| Publication date | 1971-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/349846 |
| OpenAlex | W1989386813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
A study was undertaken to determine the nursery schools role in the transmission of sex role expectations. Analysis was made both of the schools policy on sex roles and the children's perceptions of them. It was found that though the particular school observed was vert committed to minimizing this type of socialization, a considerable amount nonetheless took place. In terms of the children themselves, it was noted that most of them had no fixed notions of appropriate behavior for males and females; the fact of sex categories rather was occasionally used by them as an attempted ideology of control. A minority of the children however did show interesting patterns of traditional sex-typed behavior. The paper concludes by pointing out the necessity of observing a wider range of pre-schools to fully understand the specific role played by such institutions in sex role socialization. A problem within the field of socialization that has recently been raised with new urgency is that of sex roles. This renewed attention is coming about in large part as a result of issues currently being raised in the women's' movement; a central theme of the analysis emanating from this movement is that American society demands the socialization of both men and women into fixed sex roles, at great cost to the individual needs of members ,of both sexes.' This
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2010 (39) |
| Highly cited | No |