Boys and Girls: The Development of Gender Roles

By Carole R. Beal

Focuses on the processes by which children learn to be boys and girls and the effects of differential socialization on their behaviour. The book offers a clear developmental emphasis and stresses the use of psychological theories and methods regarding current research findings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007004533X
• ISBN13: 9780070045330
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating read

The book looks really dated and the material is about 10 years old, but the information is terrific. Well-written and easy to read, thorough. Great text for educational and personal interests.

Answers primitive questions about our gender

This book is truly amazing because it answers so many questions we have always been asking through life... questions like why men are more aggressive, why some people change sex, and why some girls behave like boys and vice-versa. In a sense, this book is like a college reference book (after all, I picked it up at my college library) but it reads like a bestseller! I couldn't stop reading after starting on it. It has a great chronological order of how boys and girls develop into their roles, and it touches on the biological side as well. One thing I greatly admire about this book is that you don't need to have a major in Biology to understand what it is about. There are many techinal aspects of course, but the author made it easy to understand. In addition, her views are often supported by evidence and she also counteract her views with other arguments. In the end, the product is a well-balanced book, with unbiased views and sometimes, even more unanswered questions that will always be in our minds....trying to understand why boys grow up to be boys and why girls grow up to be girls.One word for you, Carole R. Beal - Excellent!