Social Construction of Gender Discourse in Family Education Seen from Rootedness Theory
The social construction theory holds that individuals are born male and female,with no innate gender cognition,and become men and women only after acquired social construction.The family is the place of daily ac-tivities for individuals since birth,in which the concept of gender is latent and influences the gender construction of individuals through various forms.Using qualitative research methods and in-depth interviews with twelve graduate students,we analyze and refine the process of constructing gender discourse in five dimensions of academics,per-sonality,appearance,marriage,and sexual cognition,as well as in two levels of gender segregation and gender stereotypes,using the rooting theory,and offer a critical reflection on the construction process of the gender dis-course system in family education,with the aim of expanding the social space in which gender temperament can de-velop freely.
family educationgendergender constructionrootedness theorygender quality