Janis Jacobs from the University of Nebraska and Jacquelynne
Eccles from the University of Colorado and the University of Michigan believe
that children are having trouble with their identity due to the traditional
gender roles instilled in them by their parents
Jake Pyne, from the School of Social Work at McMaster
University in Canada, also believes that children are being raised with incorrect
understandings of gender.
Janis Jacobs from the University of Nebraska and Jacquelynne
Eccles from the University of Colorado and the University of Michigan believe
that children are having trouble with their identity due to the traditional
gender roles instilled in them by their parents. Jacobs and Eccles’ research
presented article “The Impact of Mothers’ Gender-Role Stereotypic Beliefs on
Mothers’ and Children’s Ability Perceptions” from the Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology in 1992 shows that mothers, teachers, and young girls all
view girls’ abilities to be lesser than boys. The authors state “the
hypothesized indirect effect of the interaction of child’s sex and mother’s
stereotypic belief on children’s self-perceptions was upheld in a social
domain.
Jake Pyne, from the School of Social Work at McMaster
University in Canada, also believes that children are being raised with
incorrect understandings of gender. Pyne writes in his article “Gender
Independent Kids: A Paradigm Shift in Approaches to Gender Non-Conforming
Children” from the Canadian Journal of Sexuality in 2014 that it is becoming
increasingly more important to understand children who do not fit the
traditional male or female gender. Pyne states that “mainstream sexual health
education settings…are badly in need of new tools for teaching about health and
the body beyond narrow and normative understandings of sex and gender
possibilities”.
Jacobs, Janis E., and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. "The
Impact of Mothers' Gender-Role Stereotypic Beliefs on Mothers' and Children's
Ability Perceptions." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 63.6
(1992): 932-44. Web. 02 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/garp/articles/jacobs92.pdf>.
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