Role models

• How does SLT explain gendered behaviour?

  • children learn gender roles through observation and imitation of same-sex role models (e.g. boys model their fathers, girls model their mothers)
• What did Albert cohen (1955) suggest about boys‘ socialisation?

  • boys struggle with socialisation because fathers are often less present

  • this leads them to seek out all-male peer groups that reward aggression, risk-taking, and rule-breaking — behaviours linked to criminality
• What did Anne Oakley (1972) say about masculinity and crime?

  • she suggested that the line between masculinity and criminality is often very thin