Gender Stereotypes in Young Children’s Magazines

Spinner, Lauren; Cameron, Lindsey; Tenenbaum, Harriet R.

doi:10.1080/15205436.2022.2052902

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“…This difference distinguishes between women's activities (grooming, taking care of the family) and men's activities (studying and working hard for the future). In addition, the behavior of seeking help from adults was much higher in magazines with a female audience than in magazines that target boys [15]. This conveys the stereotype that girls are more vulnerable and dependent on others, and that girls may be more likely to seek help because of the information in these magazines, affecting the development of self-reliance and strength in girls.…”

Section: Picture Books/children Magazinesmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Children's magazines are another type of print media that children have extensive access to. Studies have shown that magazines for girls focus more on appearance and family, while magazines for boys focus more on education and work [15]. This difference distinguishes between women's activities (grooming, taking care of the family) and men's activities (studying and working hard for the future).…”

Section: Picture Books/children Magazinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influencing Factors of Gender Stereotypes- Based on Early Childhood Education

Shi

2023

LNEP

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In todays society, gender stereotypes still exist in many aspects of life. Gender stereotype is one of the important factors that cause social gender problems. Preschool is an important period for the formation of gender cognition. The gender stereotype formed in preschool can affect the childrens subsequent development, and it is deeply rooted even after they become adults. The healthy gender role cognition will have the profound significance to the young childs future occupation choice and psychological health. Therefore, it is necessary to carry on the correct gender education to the young children in the preschool period. The theme of this study is to analyze the influencing factors of gender stereotypes based on early childhood education. This study analyzed the characteristics of young children. It is found that adult language, dressing, material provision, picture books and magazines for children, and adult behavior are all influential factors for the formation of young childrens gender stereotypes and put forward the corresponding proposals from the social perspective, adults, kindergarten three aspects.

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Section: Picture Books/children Magazinesmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Picture Books/children Magazinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influencing Factors of Gender Stereotypes- Based on Early Childhood Education

Shi

2023

LNEP

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“…Exposure to mass media is a powerful catalyst in the formation of gender stereotypes and this media still convey simplistic gender roles in Western cultures (see e.g. Leaper et al, 2002 for TV; Spinner et al, 2023 for magazines). Consequently, lack of access to mass media could explain why Maya children do not acquire stereotypes of male power as early as previous urban groups.…”

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“…While the study by Charafeddine et al (2020) focused on urban children exposed to a range of gender role cues from television, advertising, illustrated stories and magazines, at the time of the study the Maya population had only limited access to the internet and electricity, and no libraries or bookstores. Exposure to mass media is a powerful catalyst in the formation of gender stereotypes and this media still convey simplistic gender roles in Western cultures (see for example Leaper, Breed, Hoffman &Perlmann, 2002 for TV andSpinner, Cameron &Tennenbaum, 2023 for magazines). Consequently, lack of access to mass media could explain why Maya children do not acquire stereotypes of male power as early as previous urban groups.…”

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When Maya Children do not see Power as More Masculine: Evidence From Self-Perception and Gender-Power Association Tasks

Charafeddine,

Castelain,

Van der Henst

2023

Cross-Cultural Research

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Recent research has shown that by the age of 4, preschool children tend to associate social power with the male gender. The present study examined this association with a group of children from a Maya community in Guatemala, where gender inequalities are high, and tested the prediction that a strong gender hierarchy reduces girls’ perception of themselves as being dominant in dyadic power situations. However, contrary to our predictions, we did not find that children associated power with the male gender. In Experiment 1, we asked 4 to 7 years-old children ( N = 70) to identify themselves with a dominant or subordinate character in same-gender and mixed-gender relationships. In contrast, to what was previously observed with French children, the results showed no significant difference between male and female participants, both of whom strongly identified with the dominant character. In Experiment 2, we asked 4 to 6 years-old participants ( N = 70) to assign a gender to a dominant and subordinate character and found a strong own-gender effect, with all participants, males and females, assigning their own gender to the powerful character. Again, this contrasts with previous findings indicating that children from France, Norway and Lebanon did consistently associate power with the male gender. The absence of a male-power association in Maya children is discussed in terms of cultural differences regarding exposure to gender stereotypes, power values and representations of female-male comparisons.

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“…These standards can range significantly between societies and even between various subcultures within one community. Spinner et al (2022) split their study into four themes: food, fashion, homes, and jobs.…”

Section: Gender Stereotypes In Magazines and Pop Culturementioning

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Examining Gender Stereotypes Within the Fashion Industry

Kulkarni¹

2023

UCMURJ

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This paper is a review of the literature of gender stereotypes. It examines the deconstruction of gender stereotypes through clothing in settings such as academia and the workplace, magazine and pop culture, and shopping behavior and consumerism. It is found that attire has a profound influence on traditional gender norms in the workplace, and shown that men use clothing to signal their sexuality and their social status. Gender portrayals within children's and men's magazines often form stereotypes, which can be damaging to one's development of identity -pop culture does the same when contributing to societal gender norms. This paper investigates how internalized homophobia can affect the shopping behavior of gay men, and reviews how young people's clothing choices are closely linked to self-expression in determining personality and congeniality. Fashion psychology plays a role in everyone's life and has the same impact as other branches such as social, abnormal, or child psychology may have.

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Gender Stereotypes in Young Children’s Magazines

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

The Influencing Factors of Gender Stereotypes- Based on Early Childhood Education

The Influencing Factors of Gender Stereotypes- Based on Early Childhood Education

When Maya Children do not see Power as More Masculine: Evidence From Self-Perception and Gender-Power Association Tasks

Examining Gender Stereotypes Within the Fashion Industry

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