AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192
Paper 1, Paper 2
Directing children towards activities or objects considered appropriate for their gender, such as giving girls dolls and boys toy cars.
Revise: Functions of FamiliesCanalisation means directing children towards activities considered appropriate for their gender: giving girls dolls and boys toy cars is one example. Seeing mothers routinely cook and clean may also teach children that domestic work is women’s responsibility. Feminists argue that such experiences reproduce gender inequality across generations.
- Revise: Family roles and sociological perspectives
Directing children towards particular interests and activities, for example through gendered toys.