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Agency
Agency is the capacity of an individual to act intentionally and make choices, exercising control over actions and their consequences.
Gendered socialisation
Gendered socialisation describes the process through which children learn and internalise the behaviours, attitudes, and identities that their culture defines as appropriate for their sex. De Beauvoir argues this channels girls away from autonomy and self-assertion and toward passivity, compliance, and dependence.