This article focuses on the bodily socialization of girls and boys aged 10 to 12 in the contexts of school, sports, and family. Our work is situated within a conceptual framework that intersects the sociologies of childhood, body socialization, and gender, which have guided our scientific positioning and will allow us to deepen our understanding of the process of bodily socialization. The objective of our research is to analyze the process of socialization across multiple instances and its effects on the incorporation of bodily dispositions, which may or may not conform to social and gender norms, within a limited population that we are monitoring over time. Data was collected through participant observation and in-depth interviews.
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