The Gender Agenda: A First-Hand Account of How Girls and Boys Are Treated Differently
James Millar
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Paperback. Aiming to tackle gender stereotypes head-on, two parents tweeted about the differences they experienced in raising their son and their daughter. What began as an attempt to retain their sanity in a gender obsessed world became a life changing experiment about gender identity presented in this collection of their online writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w. BIC Classification: BJ; JFSJ; JFSJ5; JMG; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
From language and clothes, to toys and the media, society inflicts unwritten rules on each gender from birth. Aiming to make people aware of the way gender is constructed and constantly reinforced, this diary chronicles the differences two parents noticed while raising their son and daughter. Adapted from tweets and blogs the couple kept throughout parenthood, this collection shows how culture, family and even the authors themselves are part of the 'gender police' that can influence a child's identity, and offers ideas for how we can work together to challenge the gender stereotypes that are ingrained in ... Read more
From language and clothes, to toys and the media, society inflicts unwritten rules on each gender from birth. Aiming to make people aware of the way gender is constructed and constantly reinforced, this diary chronicles the differences two parents noticed while raising their son and daughter. Adapted from tweets and blogs the couple kept throughout parenthood, this collection shows how culture, family and even the authors themselves are part of the 'gender police' that can influence a child's identity, and offers ideas for how we can work together to challenge the gender stereotypes that are ingrained in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785923203
SKU
V9781785923203
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About James Millar
James Millar and Ros Ball are both journalists working in politics in Westminster. They run the @GenderDiary twitter account.
Reviews for The Gender Agenda: A First-Hand Account of How Girls and Boys Are Treated Differently
Perceptive, practical and powerful.
Cordelia Fine, Professor at the University of Melbourne and the author of Delusions of gender: The real science behind sex differences and Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the myths of our gendered minds. An arresting account of the way casual everyday comments about children reflect and reinforce gender stereotypes. We recommend this book at least once a ... Read more
Cordelia Fine, Professor at the University of Melbourne and the author of Delusions of gender: The real science behind sex differences and Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the myths of our gendered minds. An arresting account of the way casual everyday comments about children reflect and reinforce gender stereotypes. We recommend this book at least once a ... Read more