Essay on Personal Experience of Gender Roles and Upbringing
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This essay examines the author's personal experiences and how their upbringing, particularly within a Canadian middle-class family, shaped their understanding of gender roles. The essay details the influence of the author's parents, with the father as the breadwinner and the mother as the homemaker, leading to early perceptions of gender-based expectations. The author discusses how societal influences, including media and peers, reinforced these stereotypes, impacting their emotional expression and interests during childhood and adolescence. The essay references research on gender stereotyping, highlighting its potential negative impacts on children's development and mental health, and concludes with a call for parents to encourage children to make their own decisions to foster a better future. The essay also quotes from Katha Pollitt's "Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls" and other sources to support its arguments.
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