The Two Cultures of Childhood

Authors

  • Monika Sieverding Institut für Arbeits-, Organisations- und Gesundheitspsychologie, Freie Universität Berlin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/73

Keywords:

Kinder, Sozialisation, Spiel, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

In her new book, Eleanor Maccoby describes the separate cultures of girls and boys using a narrative literature overview. According to her thesis, the separation of the sexes in childhood is an important cause for psychological gender differences of adult men and women.

Published

2001-07-01