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When Judy Y. Chu first encountered the four-year-old boys we meet
in this book, they were experiencing a social initiation into
boyhood. They were initially astute in picking up on other people's
emotions, emotionally present in their relationships, and competent
in their navigation of the human social world. However, the boys
gradually appeared less perceptive, articulate, and responsive, and
became more guarded and subdued in their relationships as they
learned to prove that they are boys primarily by showing that they
are not girls. Based on a two-year study of boys aged four to six,
When Boys Become Boys offers a new way of thinking about boys'
development. Chu finds that behaviors typically viewed as "natural"
for boys reflect an adaptation to cultures that require boys to be
emotionally 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 hiding parts of their
authentic selves. Through documenting boys' perceptions of the
obstacles they face and the pressures they feel to conform, and
showing that their compliance with norms of masculine behavior 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 for
expressing themselves.
When Judy Y. Chu first encountered the four-year-old boys we meet
in this book, they were experiencing a social initiation into
boyhood. They were initially astute in picking up on other people's
emotions, emotionally present in their relationships, and competent
in their navigation of the human social world. However, the boys
gradually appeared less perceptive, articulate, and responsive, and
became more guarded and subdued in their relationships as they
learned to prove that they are boys primarily by showing that they
are not girls. Based on a two-year study of boys aged four to six,
When Boys Become Boys offers a new way of thinking about boys'
development. Chu finds that behaviors typically viewed as natural
for boys reflect an adaptation to cultures that require boys to be
emotionally 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 hiding parts of their
authentic selves. Through documenting boys' perceptions of the
obstacles they face and the pressures they feel to conform, and
showing that their compliance with norms of masculine behavior 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 for
expressing themselves.
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