Can Gender Socialization Solve Gender Gap?
Debi
Aggressive. Violent. Competitive. These are some of the words associated with the man. Caring. Nurturing. Social. These words reflect well on woman. Not all people agree with such a thing, but most people would agree with all to a large extent. Then, "what are you to make of it?" people usually asked back. "aren't man and woman different since birth?" However, it is not for the reason you think.
Man and woman are different and they behave in different ways. The prevailing explanation in the Standard Social Science Model, is gender socialization. According to this explanation, boys and girls think and behave differently because they have been socialized differently by their culture and society. Then, gender socialization can bring gender gap to our society. Through gender socialization, we can puzzle out gender gap .
Humans do not have an innate nature, as they are born with minds that are blank slate. In other words, all the other species have innate natures exempt for humans because humans are exempt from biology. Moreover, evolution stops at the neck. Social scientists in the Standard Social Science Model tradition contend that evolution has had no effect on the contents of the human brain and the human mind. Therefore, the contents of human nature must be written after birth. This is gender socialization. Gender socialization refers to the learning of behavior and attitude considered appropriate for a given sex. Boys learn to be boys. Girls learn to be girls. For example, one of my friends was born last son among four daughters and one son. In early childhood, due to the fact that he was influenced by his sisters, he was very calm and girlish and he often played with dolls and things like that. However, when he started to go to kindergarten, his parents and teacher taught and pushed to him, "You should be 'Man Up'." Now, he has an air of maleness and is very competitive. What I want to say is this : If parents and "society" provide gender-neutral, androgynous socialization to children, boys and girls will not behave differently, and men and women will be the same in their behavior, cognition, values, and preferences. Then, gender gap will be reduced.
Conclusively, Male and female are born identical except for a few anatomical differences, but these anatomical differences do not include the brain. human behavior is a product almost entirely of environment and socialization. Individual experiences and social environments completely determine human behavior. If Since the day of their birth, boys and girls are treated equally and socialized not as boys or girls but just as the same human. I strongly believe if gender socialization was applied to men and women equally, gender gap can solve.