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Tag: gender stereotypes

An Inviting Children's Section For All, Fred Meyer

January 20, 2016December 7, 2017Claire Jennings1

Is the secret to making an inclusive gender-neutral children’s toy section simply to include toys of all genders in all sections? And is this really so hard to do?

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Target’s Toy Section: Gender Neutral in Word Only

October 30, 2015December 4, 2017Claire Jennings13

The signs have changed, but that meant very little to a four-year-old just learning to read. The segmentation glared out at her.

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Why Feminism Is Good For Our Sons

October 26, 2015December 4, 2017Maya K2

Does wearing something sparkly and pink or playing with a doll mean you can’t solve a differential equation? If a boy likes “girl” things, he is not masculine? Of course not. Yet society behaves as if these things are true.

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Lands’ End Redeems Itself With Nerdy Shirts For Girls—And Not One Shirt About Being Adorable!

April 21, 2015December 2, 2017Ariane Coffin1

Excuse me while I go do some online shopping…

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My Problem With Princesses

March 28, 2015December 15, 2017Rebecca Angel16

Why do we still have princesses in modern stories? Why is this still part of our culture?

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Girl, and Perfectly Dirty. Photo credit: Ariane Coffin.

11 Things Only Parents of Girls Will Understand

September 25, 2014November 23, 2017Ariane Coffin19

The Huff Post shared this gem about 11 things ONLY parents of boys can understand. You know, because girls are nothing but clean, poised, Star Wars-hating, manipulative glitter bombs.

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Do You Randomly Gender-Swap Characters in Kids Books?

September 12, 2013December 15, 2017Karen Burnham6

If the characters in a book are all depicted as boys, we sometimes swap the genders around when we’re reading the stories out loud.

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