ABSTRACT
The processes of social construction that create gender are a deeply embedded hegemonic feature of social life (Potuchek 1997). Children are first exposed to gender in the family-where gender is continually created and recreated through daily interactions and socialization (gendering processes) and reinforced and maintained through the social structure of the family. This chapter examines the social construction of gender constraints within the context of homes in Jiri VDC. Specifically, I examine how gender was socially constructed in the home and how students’ access to and participation in school were subsequently affected.
