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Original Articles

'Girls cannot think as boys do': Socialising children through the Zimbabwean school system

Pages 53-58 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010
 

Abstract

Recent research in Zimbabwe, as elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, is confirming that schools play a major role in socialising children into the adult gender roles they will carry out both in the family and the economy. Boys are taught to be 'masculine' and girls 'feminine', according to the norms of their society. Such education cannot contribute to development and increased gender equity.

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