GENDER, SOCIETY, & PERSONALITY DEV’T

SPC_PD 101_EPLLedesma_SY19-20
 SEX vs GENDER
Sex refers to physical or physiological
differences between males and females,
including both primary sex characteristics (the
reproductive system) and secondary
characteristics such as height and muscularity.

Gender is a term that refers to social or cultural

distinctions associated with being male or
female.
IMPORTANT GENDER CONCEPTS
Who Can Recognize Her?
When she was just 11 years old, Markle was asked to assess the
messages of various adverts for a class project.
 Markle went on to become a UN Women
ambassador, and she mentioned this story during
a speech for International Women’s Day in 2015.
 Gender Role
Gender roles –
Expected roles that are
associated with each sex
group (Stockard, 1999).
Through gender
socialization, children and
adolescents learn to
associate activities and
behaviours with specific
genders and to adopt
appropriate gender roles.
Who heard about Elliot
Rodger?
Source: BBC.com
published in May 2014
In a YouTube
video made
before
authorities say
he opened
fire, Rodger
said:
THE GENDERBREAD PERSON
CREATE YOUR OWN
GENDERBREAD
How did you come about your own concept of
WHO you are?
A feral child is one who, whether by
The Case of Oxana Malaya accident or intention, is raised
isolated from more than very limited
human contact.

That was the case with Oxana

Malaya, of Novaya Blagoveshchensk,
Ukraine. Oxana was born on
November 4, 1983 to alcoholic
parents, according to History Daily.
Medical experts believe that she was
normal at birth, but was extremely
neglected by her parents.
 SOCIALIZATION
Socialization is the process through which people are
taught to be proficient members of a society. It describes
the ways that people come to understand societal norms
and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be
aware of societal values.

Socialization is not the same as socializing (interacting

with others, like family, friends, and coworkers); to be
precise, it is a sociological process that occurs through
socializing.
 Gender Socialization
Gender socialization is the process through which children learn
about the social expectations, attitudes, and behaviours associated
with one’s gender.

As children attain a sense of their own gender identity (i. e.,

knowing whether they are a girl or a boy), they pay heightened
attention to information related to gender, and especially to same-
gender models. This gender awareness, in combination with an
early exposure to gender from multiple sources of socialization
such as parents, siblings and peers, has immediate consequences
on children’s attitudes and behaviours toward members of their
own and other-gender group.
 AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION

Social Group Agents Institutional Agents

• Family • School
• Peer Group • Workplace
• Religion
• Government
• Mass Media
Social Facts
 References
1. Sociology: The Points of the Compass by Robert J. Brym and John Lie
Copyright 2009 by Nelso Education Ltd.
2. Social Psychology Second Edition by Stephen L. Franzoi, Marquette
University, Copyright 2000 by the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
3. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development: Gender - Early Socialization
©2013-2017 CEECD / SKC-ECD
4. Introduction to Sociology – 1st Canadian Edition by William Little, Published
in 2014 by BC Campus
5. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Discussion Paper: Gender
Socialization, 2017-01
6. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org
7. https://d2l.deakin.edu.au
8. https://www.britannica.com
9. https://www.telegraph.co.uk
10. https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com