A husband, a wife, and their daughter are watching TV together. The husband decides what the family will watch, and when he says
that he would like a glass of water, the wife gets up and brings it to him. Watching interactions like these influences how the daughter interacts with men. How might this be interpreted by feminist theory?
This might be interpreted as gender socialization.
Explanation:
Gender socialization is defined as the process in which a person learns the socially accepted behavior for his or her gender, it is the internalization of the gender role that he or her must fulfill.
According to gender studies, gender socialization begins at a very early age, children learn patterns of behavior watching how men and women interact with each other, in time, they see these roles as natural and begin to act in the same way. In the example given in the question, the daughter will start to believe that a woman's role is to satisfy men's needs and that a man's role is to give orders and have power of decision.
