Gender in Adolescent Development

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Gender in Adolescent Development

• Raising Their Voices, Lyn Mikel Brown

Psy 318 Adolescent Development Dr. Muñoz
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Raising Their VoicesThe Politics of Girls
AngerApproaches to research on gender

• See pages 38 - 39, Privileging Difference in
  The Politics of Girls Anger, Lyn Brown.
• Researcher subjectivity what role does the
  researcher play in this study? Any study?
• Concept from Michel Foucault Surveillant Other
• Especially last paragraph in this chapter
• Also see p. 68. Browns own anger researcher
  subjectivity

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Chronology of Research on Gender in Adolescence
(Psychology)
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Girls
Cognitive Development
Identity Development
Gender
Personality Development
Moral Development
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The Politics of Girls Anger
Concepts

• What are vulnerabilities in girls development?
• How does socioeconomic class affect these
  vulnerabilities differently for the Mansfield and
  Acadia girls?
• What are the identity tensions for girls?
• What are the developmental themes represented in
  these girls narratives?

• Liminal Space
• Ideological Becoming
• Resistance
• Phantasmic Ideal
• Ventriloquation
• Desire
• The Underground
• Freedom

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The Politics of Girls Anger Chapters 3, 4, 5
Concepts

• Liminal Space
• Ideological Becoming pp. 106, 113, 119
• Resistance to Femininity
• Phantasmic Ideal
• Ventriloquation pp. 105 -106, 111, 114, 123 (and
  oppression of girls women)
• Desire
• The Underground
• Freedom

• What are vulnerabilities in girls development?
• How does socioeconomic class affect these
  vulnerabilities differently for the Mansfield and
  Acadia girls?
• What are the identity tensions for girls?
• What are the developmental themes represented in
  these girls narratives?

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Ventriloquation
Ideological Becoming
CLASS
GENDER
Themes
Themes
Mansfield
Acadia
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Questions for Further Reflection

• What makes you angry?
• Do you identify more with the Mansfield or Acadia
  Girls?
• What do you do when you get angry?
• How does anger affect your friendships?
  (exit-voice)
• Do feel safe expressing your anger to your
  friends, parents, and partners?
• What do the Mansfield and Acadia girls do with
  their anger?