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01-02-2013 | Book Review

Barbara Martin: Children at Play: Learning Gender in the Early Years

Trentham Books Limited, Sterling, VA, 2011, 146 pp, ISBN: 978-1-85856-484-5

Auteur: Julie Laemmle

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2013

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In Children at Play: Learning gender in the early years, Barbara Martin argues that young children need adult intervention and support if they are to successfully break the mold of gender stereotypes and become the individual they want to be and not just the individual society believes they should be. Children learn at an early age, mostly through educational and peer interactions, what it means to be a boy and what it means to be a girl, and are quick to demonstrate that they understand these roles. However, Martin argues that simply because society believes boys should act in a specific “masculine” way and girls should act in a specific “feminine” way does not mean it is correct or that children can only act out their gender in one specific manner. …
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Metagegevens
Titel
Barbara Martin: Children at Play: Learning Gender in the Early Years
Trentham Books Limited, Sterling, VA, 2011, 146 pp, ISBN: 978-1-85856-484-5
Auteur
Julie Laemmle
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9871-7

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