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Forcing Kids To Stick To Gender Roles Can Actually Be Harmful To Their Health

Started by Olivia P, August 08, 2014, 12:09:13 PM

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August 08, 2014, 12:09:13 PM
by Tara Culp-Ressler Posted on August 7, 2014 at 8:41 am

Raising children in societies that adhere to rigid gender roles, with fixed ideas about what should be considered "masculine" and "feminine," can actually be detrimental to their physical and mental health, according to a study that observed 14-year-olds' interactions over a three month period.

"Usually we think of gender as natural and biological, but it's not... We actually construct it in ways that have problematic and largely unacknowledged health risks," lead researcher Maria do Mar Pereira, the deputy director for the University of Warwick's Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, explained in an interview with ThinkProgress.

More: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/08/07/3468380/gender-roles-health-risks/
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