The Effects Of Gender Socialization

While our current society has become more accepting of other genders that do not conform to the typical male and female genders it holds, it is still quite persistent in that act of gendering certain items, behaviours and attributes as feminine or masculine. This gendering occurs even before birth with events such as the baby shower where the baby 's sex is revealed, but it is mostly recognizable in the toys advertised and sold to children. Burack states that, “ gender socialization is the process of interaction through which we learn the gender norms of our culture and acquire a sense of ourselves and feminine, masculine or even androgynous”, children therefore experience the effects of gender socialization from their toys and the society they grow up in and often keep the mindset that they have learned throughout their lives (Gender Socialization). The toys children play with still rely heavily on the traditional gender roles implemented by society and is reflected to the groups aimed at with each type of toy. For example, toys that are aimed towards the female/feminine audience still embody the nurturing homemaker tone from them with the use of baby dolls or miniature versions of kitchenware along with the idea of girls being

For instance, board games, bouncy balls, scooters, and stuffed animals, an example being Disney’s Tsum Tsums. It is very shocking and a bit depressing to see the small amount of change in the masculine and feminine attributes that are still associated with the male and female gender in our current day due to these being created throughout the course of human history. While as of now, there is very little change showing, I believe with the increase in open-mindedness in our society, these attributes and expectations of masculinity and femininity will