¡°Sexuality and Gender in Children¡¯s Daily Worlds¡±

Flipping through our sociology reader, I read an interesting article that also related to the subject of development in psychology. The title of this article is ¡°Sexuality and Gender in Children¡¯s Daily Worlds¡±. The sociologists named Barrie Thorne and Zulla Luria studied boys and girls in fourth and fifth grade of four different school in different states. During this age, the sociologists organized the friendship and games kids played according to their sex and gender role that develops in elementary school. Both boys and girls had their own specific patterns and characteristics that were common in all four schools. Boys are usually involved in activities and sport games more than girls. They also show their affection by physically hitting someone or teasing. They are greater risk takers and actually enjoys challenging the authority. Boys also use more inappropriate words. Girls are more home-oriented, playing with few girls with sets of kitchen toys and dolls, making a hous...