In Pakistan children are brought up in a continued process of socialization in which sex discrimination is taught through social discrimination. It is negatively loaded for girls. The factors influencing the socialization, assigned high significance to two social practices. The first is the singing of Lullabies and the other one is marriage practices.
The Lullabies, in all cultures are supposed to be highly loaded by cultural values and norms. They set limits and definitions for sex-roles. This not only reflects the attitude of the parents and the society, but also contributes in developing the sex-typing. The image in the lullabies are internalized by the children from the very beginning and they learn to behave accordingly, mentioned that in the lullabies, popular in various ethnic groups of Pakistan, the boys are idealized and girls are portrayed as inferior.The images in which boys are expected to enjoy high status, personal glory and privileged treatment, whereas, the girls are not.
Pashto, Balochi, and Brahvi, lullabies also have images of boys who are brave, custodian of national pride, winners of war and pride of imperial ancestry, whereas the girls are depicted as the custodian of family honor. These social discrimination contribute in the development of sex-typed behavior is also shaped according to what she keeps on singing. Ultimately it turns into popular stereotypes. The various marriage practices prevailing our women. These practices which the girls to develop an image in which she is liability, a commodity or a tool for setting the family feuds. Some of the practices which contribute in her negative sex identity are, the dowry, Walwar, exchange marriage , child marriage, marriage for ending family feuds or to pay off the blood debts.
