Gender socialization is a fundamental development aspect, shaping how people perceive themselves and interact with the world. Gender socialization is the process of a person learning and internalizing ...

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For those who haven’t entrenched themselves as deeply into the world of the humanities as I have, taking so many HDFS and WGSS courses that this all becomes a repetitive review each semester, gender ...

We often hear that “gender is socially constructed.” What does that mean? Is it true? The popular idea that gender is socially constructed might be summed up as follows: There is a difference between ...

Amartya Sen, often referred to as the father of the concept of ‘human development’, reminds us of a quote by H.G. Wells, where he said that “human history becomes more and more a race between ...

Werewolf myths have many similarities. But in the film The Company of Wolves (based on Angela Carter’s short story), we are reminded that there are all sorts of ways to become a wolf, and that wolves ...

Research provides evidence that cisgender children (children who identify as a boy or a girl according to their assigned sex at birth) show clear patterns of gender development. By age three, they ...

Gender nonconforming individuals do not comply with societal stereotypes of how they “should” look or behave based on binary – male and female – gender roles. This article will explain what the term ...

Editor’s Note: Lisa Selin Davis is the author of “Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different.” She has written for The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, ...