Articles related to "Gender Stereotypes"

In her adaptation of Fitcher's Bird, Margaret Atwood uses various fairy tale elements to explore different gender stereotypes.

The differences between boys and girls, even in the toddler years, are too large to be a coincidence. Is the difference due to genetics, environment, or both?

Republished from the popular 1973 classic, "Free to Be . . . You and Me" includes original songs, stories and poems for today's kids.

Parents need to nurture and guide their daughters to become well-balanced, optimistic and happy women.

Great strides have been made over the past 50 years regarding gender and hiring practices but there are still differences between men and women at work.

Trendy princess toys may limit creativity, offer narrow definitions for how princesses should act. Some suggestions for how girls can experience open-ended princess play.

Law firms continue to struggle with the need to integrate diversity. Increasingly, women who are looking for a career change leave the legal industry.

Television is a part of every modern child's life and its influence is undeniable. Read the facts on how TV can impact on your child in good ways and bad.

It's hard not to be drawn to hip-hop warrior Pettidee's fierce brand of worship on "Thug Love," Beatmart Records once again taking the Love to the streets.

During the Second World War little pressure was placed upon American society to rethink gender and racial stereotypes.

The popularity of Harry Potter might have hinged on its formulaic plots and stereotypes. This view has implications for children's literature in a consumerist society.

It is possible for women to overcome gender stereotypes in their culture. It takes great amounts of time and effort but countless women have proven it can be done.

A study in California finds that girls in single-sex high schools turn in better academic results than their counterparts in coeducational settings.

Sandra Bem defines institutionalized androcentrism as a society's tendency to view women in relation to, or as extensions of, men.

America has worked hard to create diverse classrooms. Now, though, many people are claiming segregating students based on gender may be a better setup.

Blending a family when your children and step children are close in age can be more difficult than you anticipated. Measures can be taken to make the transition easier.

M. Butterfly is a play rich with layers of meaning that attempt to deconstruct fixed perceptions about gender, race and sexuality.

In an attempt to eliminate inequality between the sexes, some parents and teachers actively discourage traditional gender identification in young children.

Kidscraftweekly.com is a resourceful website about crafting with toddlers and preschoolers.

Patricia Pearson's meticulously researched book, When She Was Bad, asserts that women's capacity for violence is similar to that of men.

Parents and teachers can use the educational DVD Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever! to teach children about community workers and people's jobs.

We remain prime subjects to covert messages permeated in the media that often result in a fallacious image of ourselves.

The 1943 horror film The Return of the Vampire is an overlooked genre gem. It's time that this film be recognized for its gender subtexts and bold envelope pushing.

A simple focused primer on the language of diversity, that provides the reader with a foothold in the landscape of non-conforming gender.

Sex roles are changing rapidy in the twenty-first century. Transgendered, male, female, masculine and feminine-how are they related and who decides who we are?

Aside from a gendered culture, there are messages in the media that play on assumed gender roles. There is a line, however, of when these portrayals become dangerous.

Book club discussion starters help parents find strategies to talk explicitly and frequently with their children about race and diversity using facts from NurtureShock.

This article discusses the pros and cons of same-sex schooling.

Being female, even in today's more enlightened society, has its drawbacks, one of which is less likelihood of career success.