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An identity reflects an individual’s personal sense of who they really are. Gender

development awareness is important in realizing our own self and most importantly is used as an

assessment tool by another person to assess the gender of a person from birth. Schaffer (1996)

defines gender identity as the right branding of oneself and other people as male and female.

Three profound theories have been researched to explain the various ways in which the

development of gender awareness has been eveolved. Gender scheme theory, the Bandura and

Kohlberg explains this evolution of gender development.

Bandura (1977) explains socializing makes a child realize the difference between a male

and a female. There are stereotypes about specific genders that the society still believes on.

Biological and many cultural changes are intertwined with these social factors that give someone

a gender identity. Kuhlberg (1966) came up with another theory explaining the evolution of

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gender development. He explains that children look for specified regulations which give

explanations as to how a female and a male are expected to behave. They are not recipients of

physical information that comes from social experiences. During child birth, parents are eager to

know the gender of their child and from there henceforth it forms the basis on how the child will

be treated depending on whether they are male or female.

Identify formation are correlated to Social expectations .Sex roles are developed at the

childhood stage and act a stable gender identity for the rest of the child’s life. A parent’s

expectations from a child, relations with peers, and different social experiences contribute to

gender stereotyping. Parents interact with their children from birth right from the names their

give their babies based on their sex. The toys bought for the baby and the furnishing of the

baby’s house puts a child in different categories. Typically a baby boy’s room will be filled with

sports toys and its usually painted blue. Gender stereotyping can also come from a lot of pressure

from peers. When a child is bullied by their peers, they develop inappropriate behavior for their

gender. Girls are note expected to behave in a tomboy manner and boys are not expected to be

“sissy” (Kohlberg, 1966).

When I was growing up, I observed that my parents would play with us with both

masculine and feminine toys.my parents would respond positively when I played with masculine

toys but negatively to cross-sex toys. Am twenty one years old now, and alumni of Arizona State

University. When growing up, I enjoyed training dogs in personal protection during my free

time.

Each and every person recalls their childhood years as their favorite experience. I do not

have the same opinion, and do not feel so fondly about my childhood years, especially when I

was 13 years old. I try forgetting when I was this old but it’s challenging to me. I was only

thirteen years of age but I recall it as if it happened yesterday. I was seated listening to music in

my mum’s car as she drove , when all of a sudden almost half of the New York police department

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Personal Narrative Name: Institution: Personal Narrative An identity reflects an individual's personal sense of who they really are. Gender development awareness is important in realizing our own self and most importantly is used as an assessment tool by another person to assess the gender of a person from birth. Schaffer (1996) defines gender identity as the right branding of oneself and other people as male and female. Three profound theories have been researched to explain the various ways in which the development of gender awareness has been eveolved. Gender scheme theory, the Bandura and Kohlberg explains this evolution of gender development. Bandura (1977) explains socializing makes a child realize the difference between a male and a female. There are stereotypes about specific genders that the society still believes on. Biological and many cultural changes are intertwined with these social factors that give someone a gender identity. Kuhlberg (1966) came up with another theory explaining the evolution of gender development. He explains that children look for specified regulations which give explanations as to how a female and a male are expected to behave. They are not recipients of physical information that comes from social experiences. During child birth, parents are eager to know the gender of their child and from there henceforth it forms the basis on how the child will be treated depending on whether they are male or female. Identify formatio ...
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