Being Boys, Being Girls: Learning Masculinities and Femininities

by Carrie Paechter

What is it like being a boy or a girl? How do boys and girls learn to be men and women? How do families, schools and children's peer groups influence the ways in which children think of themselves as male and female? "Being Boys, Being Girls" explores how boys and girls learn what it is to be male and female. Drawing on a wide range of studies from around the world, the book examines how masculinities and femininities are developed and understood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335219748
• ISBN13: 9780335219742
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"