Periods of Development
Agents of Gender Socialization
Theories for Explanation of Gender Socialization
18th Century Enlightenment Thinkers
18th Century Enlightenment Thinkers
100

“young old” are people between 65 and 79 and the “old old” are 80 and older

Late Adulthood

100

When actions are "tested out" on friends, they are meant to be rewarded; if not, they will stop.

Peers

100

The source of libido, or life force, is concentrated in the erogenous zones of the child's body.

Psychoanalytic Theory

100

advocated for women and girls to receive an equal education

Mary Wollstonecraft

100

Though he acknowledged that women and men would still perform various roles because of disparities in "aptitudes," he anticipated greater equality of opportunity.

Emile Durkheim

200

At this point in life, the most important things are job and love.

Early Adulthood

200

Depending on the gender of the child, parents expect different things from them in terms of behavior.

Family

200

broad preparedness on the child's part to encode and arrange data in accordance with cultural standards of what it means to be male or female

Gender Schema Theory

200

found a connection between women's rights persecution and slavery

Harriet Martineau

200

recognized the necessity of marital equality and faithfulness, highlighting their political ramifications

John Locke

300

Comparing oneself to others in order to evaluate one's skills and achievements

Middle Childhood

300

one reason why there is more gender-based violence against women

Social Mass Media

300

differing hormones impact men and women differently, and these differences may have differing effects on how men and women's brains work

Biological Theory

300

possessed a progressive perspective on gender, contending that women possessed the same level of intellectual capacity as males

Herbert Spencer

300

Science is used by society to address problems rather than morality.

August Comte

400

The mother's health is the main priority as all of the body's key structures are developing.

Pre-natal Development

400

Textbooks have the potential to change, reinforce, or weaken the established and evolving power structures in both society and the classroom.

School

400

how kids perceive and comprehend the world around them and behave in society

Cognitive Development Theory

400

created the notion of self, which describes how social interactions on the outside and personal emotions on the inside shape an individual's identity

Georg Herbert Mead

400

primarily focused on examining the connection between gender inequality and class exploitation

Karl Marx

500

starting to understand how the physical world functions

Early Childhood

500

created to help kids learn the standards, values, and behavior patterns through their interactions with peers, teachers, textbooks, and curricula

School

500

the method by which kids interpret what they see and feel

Cognitive Development Theory

500

There was a connection between the emergence of capitalism and the Protestant reformation's emphasis on restraint.

Max Weber

500

The root and result of women's solidarity is the equality of their interests.

Georg Simmel