A three-year-old boy scrapes his knee while playing in his backyard and immediately begins to cry. In response, his father walks over to him and says, "Don't be a sissy; boys don't cry." This is an example of
A) gender role socialization.
B) sexism.
C) transphobia.
D) gender inequality.

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This is an example of gender role socialization, where the father is teaching the boy societal expectations for how males should behave, specifically that they should not show emotion or cry.

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