Sentence examples for gendered play from inspiring English sources

So blithely indulging — let alone exploiting — stereotypically gendered play patterns may have a more negative long-term impact on kids' potential than parents imagine.

"What do girls learn about who they should be," she asks, "from Lego kits with beauty parlors or the flood of 'girl friendly' science kits that run the gamut from 'beauty spa lab' to 'perfume factory'?" I think Ms. Orenstein is right to ask that question — and to remind us that our buying choices, as parents, can either reinforce stereotypically gendered play patterns or promote greater breadth.

Confronted with such facts, some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate toward gendered play.

Characterized by a child's preference for certain masculine- or feminine-typical toys, activities, and attitudes, gendered play behavior may be present as early as 12 months of age and typically becomes increasingly sex specific with age (Golombok et al. 2008; O'Brien and Huston 1985; Servin et al. 1999; Snow et al. 1983).

Gendered differences in stress are reported, but not much is known about medical interns' perceptions of how gender plays in relation to stress.

Such research also underscores the powerful role that gendered social roles play in shaping women's mental health and diabetes outcomes (18).

The quick-thinking director couches these cross-gendered versions as plays-within-a-play.

Banned war toys and other 'gendered' play?" Bonnie says now, "I think she thought, 'What's wrong with having a good time?' And there was something in us — although I don't like to admit it — something of the overearnest, you know?

The act of cross dressing distorts the play of gendered power we live our lives by.

But even celebrities like West and Smith have faced backlash for playing with gendered dress expectations because doing so is scary to many men who cling to traditional tropes of masculinity.

Whereas beforehand homosexual acts and the playing with gendered norms were (partly economic) practices, the confessional technologies of workshops on sexual transmittable diseases changed these practices into forms of gayness.