Concerning moral and spiritual education of underage girls: gender aspect

The article discusses the role of pedagogical influence on a person, on the system of education with consideration of the gender aspect. The author deals with the basic areas and methods of moral education in the prerevolutionary and modern Russia. It is concluded that there is a need to search for such methods, which would allow children to experience their sex-role functions and modes of behaviour, and consolidate them in the course of any given activities.