GENDER SOCIALIZATIONRepresentation, Language, and Culture

Socialization

a process of learning the rules and expectations of our

cultures

Culture

a set of shared ideas about the nature of reality, standards of right and wrong, and concepts

for making sense of social interactions

Androcentrism

a system where masculine traits are valued more highly than those associated with

women and women are judged as to how they conform to a

male standard

Heteronormativity

asserts heterosexuality as a social norm for sexual and intimate

relationships. Heteronormativity reinforces the belief that people

fall into distinct and complementary genders (male and female), and that sexuality flows

naturally from those roles