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  2. Boys and Girls (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Boys and Girls" (1964/1968) is a short story by Alice Munro, the Canadian winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 which deals with the making of gender roles. [1]

  3. Bacha posh - Wikipedia

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    The role of a bacha posh in the community is complex. The child's community is often aware that she is a girl, but nonetheless acknowledges her as a boy. However, the fact that she is a girl is handled discreetly and not openly discussed. Open acknowledgement that she is a girl may bring shame upon her family or make her vulnerable to violence.

  4. Gender roles in childhood - Wikipedia

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    A baby does not decide if it is a boy or a girl, but it is decided by others if the child is feminine or masculine. [8] Sex differences as children play start at 17 months. [48] Children start understanding gender differences at that age influences gender stereotypes in play, where boys play with certain toys and girls with others. [48]

  5. Girl studies - Wikipedia

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    Girls have seen violence in numerous stages thus making them fear the whole process of growing up. As mentioned in the text History and Popular Culture at Work in the Subjectivity of a Tween, the author's daughter was scared to become an adult because of the concerns of others.

  6. Sociology of gender - Wikipedia

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    This process operates differently for boys and girls. Girls can separate gradually, maintain a continuous sense of relationship with the mother, who is after all experienced as alike. For boys, on the other hand, separating from the mother, who is experienced as different, involves repressing the feminine aspects of themselves and rejecting ...

  7. Lynda Madaras - Wikipedia

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    Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons) that are on the American Library Association's list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990-2000. [2] Her books have won numerous awards, including recognition as an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults .

  8. Homophobic abuse of Kerr and Mewis is 'unacceptable ... - AOL

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    Chelsea women's team manager Sonia Bompastor on Tuesday condemned the homophobic abuse that striker Sam Kerr and U.S. midfielder Kristie Mewis faced after they announced they are expecting a baby.

  9. Growing Up (1971 film) - Wikipedia

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    Growing Up is a 23-minute sex education documentary film for schools directed and narrated by Dr Martin Cole. It was first shown in April 1971. It was first shown in April 1971. [ 1 ]