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  2. Gender roles in childhood - Wikipedia

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    Story books are a way for children to learn about the world, a way to learn about gender identity and gender stereotypes. [45] Books are seen as a way for children to understand the roles of men and women in society and reinforce children's idea of appropriate behavior's for men and women. [45]

  3. Gender typing - Wikipedia

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    gender identity: the child recognizes that they are either a boy or a girl and possesses the ability to label others. gender stability: the identity in which they recognizes themselves as does not change; gender consistency: the acceptance that gender does not change regardless of changes in gender-typed appearance, activities, and traits.

  4. Childhood gender nonconformity - Wikipedia

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    The concept of childhood gender nonconformity assumes that there is a correct way to be a girl or a boy. There are a number of social and developmental perspectives that explore how children come to identify with a particular gender and engage in activities that are associated with this gender role.

  5. Gender schema theory - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, Bem suggests teaching alternative schemata to children so that they are less likely to build and maintain a gender schema. [5] Some examples include an individual differences schema, where children learn to process information on a person-by-person basis rather than make wide assumptions about groups based on information from ...

  6. Hegemonic masculinity - Wikipedia

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    Heteronormativity is the standard for children; despite their obvious sexual innocence, heterosexuality is ingrained in children in their acting of gender from an early age. [ 30 ] Another factor that contributes to gendered behaviour and roles is the greater visibility, importance, and presence of males than females in literature, and in the ...

  7. How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book

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    The book’s illustrations, including masturbation, an oral sex encounter and an erotic image of a man and boy illustrated on an ancient Greek urn, have been considered too graphic by many school ...

  8. Cisnormativity - Wikipedia

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    Cisnormativity contributes to patriarchy by providing a rigid division of people into genders and gender roles. [11] Cisnormativity often appears together with heteronormativity. [12] [13] According to Judith Butler, the dominant view of gender assumes a "causal continuity among sex, gender, and desire". [14]

  9. Gender dysphoria in children - Wikipedia

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    Children with persistent gender dysphoria are characterized by more extreme gender dysphoria in childhood than children with desisting gender dysphoria. [1] Some (but not all) gender variant youth will want or need to transition, which may involve social transition (changing dress, name, pronoun), and, for older youth and adolescents, medical transition (hormone therapy or surgery).