Directed Time Activities for Gender

So today I've been looking for websites that talk about Gender and Childhood and found a few interesting ones, have also found another book on Warwick library catalogue. I found that most the ones on there were on the reading list, so below is what I found.

Websites:
      

*http://www.ucm.es/info/rqtr/biblioteca/Educacion%20y%20gltb/same%20sex%20sexuality%20and%20childhood%20gender%20non%20conformity%20a%20sp.pdf – discusses the different explanations as to why a person becomes homosexual.
*http://www.lawsonry.com/864-education-socialization-and-gender-in-childhood/ - talks about how parents can influence their children in their views on gender, if a parent is constantly buying their daughter pink clothes then they believe that it is only right for a girl to wear pink.
*http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=docHYPERLINK - Early Childhood Gender Identity and Sexuality: talks about gender identity development.
 100 word Summary of UCM websiteI found this website interesting as it gave different arguments as to why a child grows up to be a homosexual. The main theory it discusses is the idea that all human beings are born with the potential to be sexual however there is no particular sexual orientation, this is socially determined and influenced by factors such as a person’s culture. It suggests that if a person is in contact with other people that are the same sex sexuality then it is more likely that they will too become homosexual. I found it interesting that it is suggested that it’s all based on nurture as many people who are homosexual claim that it isn’t something they have a choice in therefore this suggests that it could be something they are predisposed with.

University Web Catalogue

**Steedman, C. Language, gender and childhood. Routledge and Kegan, 1985.