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Shanghai is a small city on the sea coast, where trade between China and Western sailors begun. Its history reflects complicated relationships between Chinese culture and Western influence. Shanghai has been open to people from different European countries and, at the same time, has maintained Chinese ways of life and preserved its traditions. Shanghai has become a mixture of both East and West, taking something from Western cultures and incorporating it into its culture and society, thus changing the country itself. From the beginni... more

Sex roles and stereotypes are always associated with the specifics of the regulatory system recognized in a particular socio-cultural environment, which a person assimilates and reflects in their behavior (Chalabaev, Sarrazin, Fontayne, Boich?, & Cl?ment-Guillotin, 2013). For example, sport is one of the highly specialized fields of human activities, and as an institution of socialization, it actively contributes to the formation of gender identity attributes. It is believed that the traditional male socialization process provide... more