The implications of gender ideology for child health in Jamaica & Gender

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Gender Reading – Bad boys and good girls The implications of gender ideology for child health in Jamaica & Gender – A Useful Category of Historical Analysis

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Write a reflection paper on Gender Reading – Bad boys and good girls The implications of gender ideology for child health in Jamaica & Gender – A Useful Category of Historical Analysis.

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In Bad boys and good girls: the implications of gender ideology for child health in Jamaica the authors present an argument on the elements of value for children in Jamaica. As opposed to many other developing nations around the world Jamaica is one of the few which report a higher mortality rate among boys than girls (Sargent & Harris, 1998). This is a component which the authors attribute to the cultural perspective of the society in which the girls are valued more than the boys.

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