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Gender roles often are seen in the media, and advertisement, yet it are also seen in Elementary Schools. Preadolescent children in and out of school have focused on the role of popularity in gender socialization. School is a second home to boys and girls. They have formed gendered peer subcultures. Boys and girls within Elementary Schools have constructed idealized images of masculinity and femininity and they model their behavior after these images. It is seen within schools that boys achieve a high and popular status that is based on their athletic ability, coolness, toughness, and their social skills. Whereas girls achieve popularity via their parents' socioeconomic success, their physical appearance, social skills and their academic success. Boys' gender images are more about activeness and strength, and girls' on appearance and social skills. This shows changes in children's' gender roles. Elementary schools are very powerful sites for places for the construction of cultural gender relations. Such segregated sexual cultures have been observed in places as early as preschool. It is observed that as girls and boys separate and form their own interest and preferred activities, peer cultures are clearly established. These peer cultures contribute to the creation of gender differences. This is due to the fact that they constitute enclaves in which allows children to form their own ideals. Such gender difference has affected children's play. Boys' activities are highly complex, competitive, rule driven, large in size, and goal directed. Girls' activities are more independent and focus on them enjoying themselves rather than wining.
Socialization to Gender Roles: Popularity among Elementary School Boys and Girls
Patricia A. Adler, Steven J. Kless and Peter Adler
Sociology of Education , Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 169-187
Published by: American Sociological Association
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2112807
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