Socialization refers to a lifelong learning process starts from birth and remain till death. kamran ishfaq

1. GENDER SOCIALIZATION

2. Gender Socialization Definition: Socialization refers to a life long learning process through which individuals develop selfhood and acquire knowledge, skills, and motivations required for participation in social life. Each Society has its gender scripts for masculinity and femininity. However gender socialization may also be more subtle and implicit through children clothing, toys, and decorating their rooms. Through socialization we also learn what is appropriate and improper for both genders. It is very difficult for a child to grow to adult without experiencing.

3. Parental Influence Parents treat sons and daughters differently and expecting different behaviour from boys and girls. (Thorne, 1993) One study indicates that parents have differential expectations from sons and daughters as early 24 hours after birth. (Rubin, Provenzano, & Luria 1974) Most parents prefer male children instead of female children throughout the world, to carry on the family name and to be a companion to the husband. Parents encourage their sons and daughters to participate in sex-typed activities, including doll playing and engage in house keeping activities for girls and playing with trucks and engaging in sports activities for boys. (Eccles, jacobs & Harold,1990)

4. Because socialization is a two-way interaction, and each persons in the interaction influences the others. “ A study of children rooms has shown that girls room have more pink, dolls and manipulate toys. Boys room have more blue, sports equipments tools and vehicles. So parents are primary influence on gender role development during the early age of life.

6. Bed rooms Parents furnish their children bedrooms and play rooms with gender specific orientations. The contents of boys rooms are contained with animal motifs and filled with military toys and athletic equipments, musical instruments and models for buildings. Where as girls bedrooms are decorated with dolls and related items. So toys not only entertain children but they also play a major role in gender socialization. Books Although books plays a significant role in gender socialization.

7. Peer groups Parents are not only socialize young children, however the peer groups play a cogent role in socialization. Socialization is a two way processes socializer (parents, peer groups, school teachers, institution and mass media). Socialize (children, new entrants)

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