Becoming A Gendered Body Analysis

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In the article, “Becoming a Gendered Body: Practices of Preschools” by Karin A. Martin, Martin explores how the question, “How do adult gendered bodies become gendered, if they are not naturally so?” She notes that while there are certain biological differences between the sexes (i.e. hormones, genitals), none of these account for the social difference that exist between genders. She accounts this gendering of the body to practices that take place as early as preschool, including: dressing up, permitting and forbidding of certain behaviors, controlling voices, verbal and physical reactions between teachers and children, and physical interactions among the children. This article and the theme of how perceived biological differences between

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