gender differences

Multitudes of studies have examined the effects of societal and parental influences on children's own beliefs about gender roles and stereotypes. This paper, which is an elaboration of a group project** created by the Gender Boundaries Group* conducted in Eugene Matusov's Fall 1996 class, Psychology 100G, studies the research surrounding gender roles and stereotypes perpetuated by parents onto their children via modeling, clothing, toys, and television exposure, and its effects have been considered in an attempt …

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