For my participant observation I decided to observe the spring breakers and retirees on Fort Desoto Beach on the Gulf Coast of Florida. There were instances of males displaying typical male behavior and females displaying common female behavior, as well as females and males displaying the opposite gender’s traits and behaviors. More often than not though, the behaviors displayed were neutral.
The first thing I noticed when walking along the beach was a strong tendency for children to play near their mothers. Smaller children were either playing with or being watched by adult female figures, while the men more typically played in the ocean with other adults, or napped in beach chairs off to the side. There was only one instance that contradicted this theme: a father was bent down near his small daughter, pointing out to the horizon and explaining the workings of the tide. At first this seemed odd, but then I realized that he was displaying the male tendency to rationalize things.......

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Title: Gender Socialization
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