Victoria A. Varlack

Oct 13, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Benjamin deMayo |Natalie Gallagher |Marjorie Rhodes |Victoria A. Varlack

ABSTRACTChildren’s understanding of the stability of gender over time has long been recognized as a hallmark of early childhood cognitive development. Prior research has argued that until roughly age 6, children do not understand that a person’s gender identity remains consistent if the person undergoes a change in gendered behavior or appearance. However, this prior work has generally not given children any context as to why the behavior or appearance change is occurring.