Genre et socialisation de l’enfant : pour une approche plurifactorielle de la construction de l’identité sexuée

Abstract

This theorical article addresses the child's active role in the construction of gender identity and more broadly in the process of gender's socialization. First, we will consider the holistic value of the concept of gender identity (identité sexuée) in the study of gender development and secondly, from a critical review of the existing theoretical models, we will provide a dynamic and dialectic approach of the various factors (biological, social, cognitive and affective) at work in the construction of child's gender identity.