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Gender Socialization and the Making of Gender in the Indian Contex discusses what gender is, its formation and effects, and how children form gender identities by conforming to social expectations and imitating gender-specific behaviour. As they grow older, they learn to assimilate this behaviour an...

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Main Author: Chattopadhyay, Sujit Kumar (Author)
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 2018.
Subjects:
Sex role > India.
Sex differences (Psychology) > Social aspects > India.
Women > Identity.
Men > Identity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Gender Socialization and the Making of Gender in the Indian Contex discusses what gender is, its formation and effects, and how children form gender identities by conforming to social expectations and imitating gender-specific behaviour. As they grow older, they learn to assimilate this behaviour and the norms that they had earlier merely imitated. They also learn the consequences of deviating from these norms.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789353280628