What to wear

• Autores: Lara Williams
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3143, 2017, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Clothes have been a means of expressing gender for centuries. While play informs the development of creativity and dexterity, providing an essential formative role, clothes also act as objects of self-expression and identity. If a doll or toy soldier encourages a particular mode of being, so do the costumes we assume and the clothes we wear. Boys' clothes tend to veer towards more mobile and utilitarian styles, while for girls they remain restrictive, embellished and decorative. Here, Williams talks about the gendering of clothes