Assigment 4

I think that from day one children are taught to behave a certain way depending on their gender. People always ask whether you are having a boy or a girl so that they are able to get the right clothes, colors, and toys. No one would ever want to get a girl, a blue blanket, or a boy a pink blanket. We are constantly enforcing the differences between boys and girls into our children's minds. We use colors, types of clothes, and different toys to demonstrate to the children which is for boys and which is for girls. Little girls should "never" be found playing with trains, cars, or legos, just like little boys should "never" be found playing with barbies, dress-ups, or babydolls. I feel that in the beginning children will play with anything. My little 6 month old neice will play with a magazine or box for hours. Which then I could only imagine that if given a toy truck she would do the same. Its only the people giving the toys to her that eventually lead her to believe that, there are some toys for little girls and some toys for little boys. I have never worked in a school before, but I feel like I have babysat and volunteered as a camp counselor long enough to see how people react. They usually say to the boy, "no, no, you don't want to play dress-ups thats for little girls. Here come play with these blocks or legos." As for when a little girl acts agressive there are usually immediately told  to stop and act like a lady. Again with the color issue, I feel that girls like pink and boys like blue because that's what they are made to like from the beginning with everything being gender specific by color. Women in the Workforce

Directions: Study the Mothers Participating in the Labor Force 1955-2004 table. (The table can be found online at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104670.html.) Then read each statement below. On the line before each statement, write T if the statement is true. Write F is the statement is false. ___False__ In the year 2000, 64.6 percent of mothers with children younger than age 6 were part of the labor force. __False___ The number of working mothers with children ages 6 to 17 increased by 15 percent between 1975 and 1980. __False___ During the period 1995 to 2001, the number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 increased by more than 5 percent. ___True__ In the last five years on the chart, the percentage of working mothers with children younger than age 18 decreased. ___True__ The number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 went above the 50 percent mark for the first time between the years 1980 and 1985. __True___ The number of working mothers with children ages 6 to 17 has not been below 70 percent since 1980. __True___ The number of working mothers with children younger than age 6 decreased between 1997 and 2001. __False___ In 1955, fewer than one-fourth of all mothers with children under age 18 were part of the U.S. workforce. __True___ Working mothers with children younger than age 6 have always made up a smaller percentage of the workforce than those who have children ages 6 to 17. ___True__ In the year 2001, more than three-fourths of all mothers of children ages 6 to 17 were part of the labor force. Return to Women in the Workforce © 2010 by Education World®. Education World grants educators permission to reproduce this page for classroom use.