1. Gender Identity in Adolescence
Sociologists have been curious as to the effects and the way these agents develop a sense of self-identity. ... Mothers have an already 'internalised sense of gender,' thus; subconsciously mothers push their sons away in ways they wouldn't their daughters. Due to this early shift in 'psychoanalytical dynamics' girls begin to develop a greater sense of empathy and a less developed sense of ego boundaries (cited in How Do We Learn Gender, pp. 137-132). ... Connell states, "The physical sense of maleness and femaleness is central to the cultural interpretation of g...
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