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When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity - Softcover

Y., Chu Judy; Carol, Gilligan

 
9780814764800: When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814764800 ISBN 13: 9780814764800
Publisher: NYU Press, 2014

Synopsis

Based on a two-year study that followed boys from pre-kindergarten through first grade, When Boys Become Boys offers a new way of thinking about boys’ development. Through focusing on a critical moment of transition in boys’ lives, Judy Y. Chu reveals boys’ early ability to be emotionally perceptive, articulate, and responsive in their relationships, and how these “feminine” qualities become less apparent as boys learn to prove that they are boys primarily by showing that they are not girls. Chu finds that behaviors typically viewed as “natural” for boys reflect an adaptation to cultures that require boys to be stoic, competitive, and aggressive if they are to be accepted as “real boys.” Yet even as boys begin to reap the social benefits of aligning with norms of masculine behavior, they pay a psychological and relational price for renouncing parts of their humanity. Chu documents boys’ perceptions of the obstacles they face and the pressures they feel to conform, showing that compliance with rules of masculinity is neither automatic nor inevitable. This accessible and engaging book provides insight into ways in which adults can foster boys’ healthy resistance and help them to access a broader range of options as they seek to connect with others while remaining true to themselves.

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About the Authors

Judy Y. Chu is Affiliated Faculty in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University.

Carol Gilligan is University Professor of Applied Psychology and the Humanities at New York University. She is the author or editor of many books, including In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development and Joining the Resistance.

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Publisher
NYU Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0814764800
ISBN 13 
9780814764800
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
242