A Broader Perspective of Gender Socialization across Four Social Institutions

Abstract

Gender socialization is key for understanding how gender-related attitudes become internalized. This paper sheds light on the gender socialization process and how it is reflected across the four traditional social institutions of family, church, school, and mass media. It advances the argument that gender stereotypes which continue to be enforced across centuries are power-driven social representations for limiting women’s access rights across all social institutions.