Article Analysis: Learning To Be Gendered

"Learning to Be Gendered" is an article written by authors Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet, where they examine the reasons behind why children are assigned gender roles in society. In the text, they explore how behavior and language are used to identify a child's gender and the unnecessary stereotypes and sexism perpetuated by this. The authors also address the pressures and expectations that are placed on children to fulfill various gender roles. They attack the theory that children fall into their gender roles due to behaviors and biological reasons. Their article outlines the difficulty to escape the gender stereotypes that have overtaken society and also demonstrate a clear presentation of problems and solutions to this issue. I also think that the article bases its arguments on

Since she was my big sister, I wanted to be just like her and at often times I would mirror her image of wearing baggy clothes and trying to play basketball too. I believe my mother like most parents thought this was just a teenage faze until she realized my sister had chosen this as a lifestyle. Although my mother did not have an issue with the lifestyle, she did present an issue with the way my sister presented herself. I believe that once my mother realized her first born girl had chosen a different route from society's gender performance role, she began to pay more attention to my traits. I began to get my hair done at the beauty salon once a month, fresh manicures with colors like cotton candy and hot pink and dresses and skirts were purchased more often for me. Eckert and McConnell-Ginet inform us in their article, how names and clothing are a small part of the symbolic resources used to support a consistent ongoing gender attribution and how english names are gendered. For example, my name is