1. Gender Concepts in Early Childhood
This is evident around age five or six, when children realize that although a girl may have short hair "like a boy" she is still a girl or even though a man has long hair he is still a man. ... During the preschool years with the emerging sense of self, and the acceptance of their gender, children still have the task of identifying their roles and behaviors within their specific gender. ... All societies divide some aspects of human existence into two distinct roles of male and female. The specific content of female and male gender roles varies among different societies. However, mal...
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