This weeks article is called Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds by Barrie Thorne Zella Luria. From an early age children separate into same-sex gender groups. Boys typically play in larger groups and prefer playing outside. Girls on the other hand tend to stick in pairs and get to know one another on a more personal basis. Girls are constantly throwing around the word, "best friends." Young girls are quite selective when it comes to who they play with. After all you want someone who will keep your secrets. Boys could care less about secrets; They are occupied picking teams for whatever game they decide to play that day. Something that we discussed in class is that boys will pick teams based on who is the best, because to most boys winning is everything. Girls on the other hand will pick teams based on who they are best friends with, even if your best friend lacks skill in that area. This article also talks about "cross-chasing," otherwise known as "Boys chase girls" or "Freeze tag." Automatically when children play tag the teams are based on gender.
I can relate this article to my life because I remember those elementary school days where I would watch the girls perform cheerleading routines very close to the football game that the boys were playing. I knew all along all the girls wanted was attention, after all who doesn't at that age?
