The Way That Children Do Gender Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

The way that children do gender is

• A)increasingly inflexible as they learn increasing numbers of rules about doing gender correctly.
• B)more flexible and less binary than their parents typically expect.
• C)a reflection of greater biological predispositions toward fashion and nurturance among girls and for guns and trucks among boys,which most parents have to acknowledge.
• D)more rigid and binary than the way adults do gender because they are still learning the rules in all their complexity.

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Definitions:

Horizontally Structured

An organizational or systemic setup where all members have equal status and decision-making is collaborative, lacking a hierarchical command chain.

Vertically Structured

A rephrased definition for Vertical Structure: A system of organization where hierarchy dictates the arrangement and distribution of power and authority from higher to lower levels.

Attitudes

A learned tendency to evaluate things in a certain way, which can include people, issues, objects, or events.

Low-Balling

A sales tactic where an initially low price is offered to lure in customers, only to increase it by revealing additional costs or fees later.