Amantombazana amancinci acinga ukuba amakhwenkwe akrelekrele, utsho uPhononongo olukhulu

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Xa kuziwa ekulweni iingcinga ezikhohlakeleyo zesini, ukutsho nje ukuba "amantombazana afanele amakhwenkwe" kwaye nemidlalo #girlpower yokuthengisa ayonelanga.

Okwangoku, siphakathi kokulwela amalungelo alinganayo (kuba, hayi, izinto azikalingani) kunye nokuzalisa isikhewu somvuzo (olucalu-calulo ngokungaqhelekanga ngobunzima, i-BTW). Ingathi senza inkqubela phambili-de sifumane inyani yokuba sinendlela ye-looong. (Ngaba ubusazi ukuba isini sichaphazela nokuzilolonga kwakho?)

Namhlanje, oko kuhlolwa kwenyani kuza ngendlela yeqela lamantombazana aneminyaka emi-6 ubudala. Kuyabonakala ukuba, ngaloo minyaka, amantombazana sele enesini sokujonga kubukrelekrele: Amantombazana aneminyaka emi-6 ubudala mancinci amathuba okuba amakholwa akholelwe ukuba amalungu esini sabo "ngokwenene, akrelekrele ngokwenene," kwaye aqala nokuthintela imisebenzi ekuthiwa yenzelwe abantwana "ngenene, abakrelekrele ngokwenene," ngokutsho kwesifundo esitsha esipapashwe kwiphephancwadi Inzululwazi.

U-Lin Bian, umphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseIllinois, uthethe nabantwana abaneminyaka emi-5, 6, no-7 kwizifundo ezine ezahlukeneyo ukuze abone ukuba iimbono ezahlukeneyo zesini ziyavela na. Kwiminyaka emihlanu ubudala, amakhwenkwe namantombazana ayayanyaniswa nobukrelekrele kwaye "ngokwenene, akrelekrele ngokwenene" kunye nesini sabo. Kodwa kwiminyaka emi-6 okanye esi-7 ubudala, ngamakhwenkwe kuphela awayenolu luvo. Kuphononongo lwamva, uBian wafumanisa ukuba umdla wamantombazana aneminyaka emi-6 kunye nesi-7 ubudala sele uphenjelelwa yile mbono yamakhwenkwe-yingqondo ekrelekrele; xa kunikwa ukhetho phakathi komdlalo othi "abantwana abanengqondo ngokwenene, abakrelekrele ngokwenene" kunye nomnye "abantwana abazama ngokwenene, kunzima," amantombazana ayengenamdla kakhulu kunamakhwenkwe kumdlalo wabantwana abahlakaniphile. Nangona kunjalo, bobabini abesilisa nabasetyhini babenomdla ngokulinganayo kumdlalo wabantwana abasebenza nzima, bebonisa ukuba ukuthanda isini kujolise ngokukodwa kubukrelekrele, kwaye hayi ukusebenza ngokuziphatha. Kwaye lo asingombandela wokuthozama-iBian yayinezinga labantwana enye ubukrelekrele babantu (ukusuka kwifoto okanye ibali eliyintsomi).

"Iziphumo ezikhoyo zibonisa ukuba kufuneka sigqibe ngelithi: abantwana abaninzi bafumanisa ukuba ubukrelekrele bubunjani bendoda besebancinci, utshilo uBian kolu phando.

Ayikho enye indlela yokuthetha ngayo: ezi ziphumo zithe ngqo ziyafunxa. I-biases igxininiswe kwiingqondo ezincinci ngokukhawuleza kunokuba unokuthi "amandla amantombazana," kwaye zichaphazela yonke into ukusuka kwindlela intombazana ethatha inxaxheba ngayo esikolweni ukuya kwizinto ezinomdla azenzayo (hey, isayensi).

Ke ngubani owomeleleyo ozimeleyo owenza into? Qhubeka usilwa umlo olungileyo. Kwaye ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba unentombazana encinci, mxelele yonke imihla yokuba ulumkile njengesihogo.

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