- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st Edition edition (1 Oct 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0253205336
- ISBN-13: 978-0253205339
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,358,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A major contribution to the understanding of gender." --Anne Bolin
"Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor." --Contemporary Sociology
"Holly Devor's Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research." --Journal of the History of Sexuality
..". a fascinating study... " --Choice
Fifteen women who have to varying degrees rejected traditional femininity, but not their femaleness, discuss their lives with Devor. These women, sometimes mistaken for men, choose to minimize their female vulnerability in a patriarchal world by minimizing their femininity.
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BECOMING BOYS, GIRLS, AND BEYOND
30 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
Holly Devor
Gender Blending:
Confronting the Limits of Duality
(Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 1989) 178 pages
This book explores childhood enculturation to have either
conventional 'masculine' traits (such as being active and assertive,
and being competent to cope with the world of work)
or conventional 'feminine' traits (such as being sensitive,
compassionate, and better prepared to deal with relationships).
Parents create these characteristics in their children
by subtle reinforcement and disapproval, even while they assume
they are just observing these personality attributes emerging.
And sometimes a large girl is reinforced to be a "tomboy".
Or a frail and delicate boy is raised as a "sissy".
Some girls are raised more like boys
to replace a missing or absent boy in the family.
And some boys are raised like girls
to replace a missing or absent girl in the family.
Parents reinforce the traits they want in their children
--even sometimes when these personality characteristics
are not the conventional traits expected for a boy or a girl.
If you would like to discover other books along this line,
search the Internet for:
"Best Books on Gender-Personality".
James Leonard Park, creator of the Gender-Pattern Chart.
Gender Blending:
Confronting the Limits of Duality
(Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 1989) 178 pages
This book explores childhood enculturation to have either
conventional 'masculine' traits (such as being active and assertive,
and being competent to cope with the world of work)
or conventional 'feminine' traits (such as being sensitive,
compassionate, and better prepared to deal with relationships).
Parents create these characteristics in their children
by subtle reinforcement and disapproval, even while they assume
they are just observing these personality attributes emerging.
And sometimes a large girl is reinforced to be a "tomboy".
Or a frail and delicate boy is raised as a "sissy".
Some girls are raised more like boys
to replace a missing or absent boy in the family.
And some boys are raised like girls
to replace a missing or absent girl in the family.
Parents reinforce the traits they want in their children
--even sometimes when these personality characteristics
are not the conventional traits expected for a boy or a girl.
If you would like to discover other books along this line,
search the Internet for:
"Best Books on Gender-Personality".
James Leonard Park, creator of the Gender-Pattern Chart.
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