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    Throughout this paper it is obvious that the issue of gender role took an enormous turn in the 1920’s. The conservative ideal that women were a man’s property after marriage and these had to work to earn money for their families while the housewife only cleaned and took care of the kids and the house was put behind after the war. Because of the World War I‚ women were forced to take on jobs once practiced only by men‚ this made them realize that they were capable of earn their own money and be more

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    Toys have always been associated with children for years; toys are children’s outlets to playing‚ finding their creativity and exploring new worlds. It is estimated that over 221 million dollars is spent on toys every year in the U.S.(Wikipedia) Toys play a big role in helping babies and toddlers develop motor skills and can serve as learning tools. Toys are usually the most prized possessions of our little ones and they love them‚ and parents love giving them to them. As toys help shape a child’s

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    research clearly shows that in general gender-typed play is consistently seen across cultures‚ with the exception of the children in the migrant Mexican group (Zosuls‚ et al.‚ 2014; Halim‚ et al.‚ 2013; Zosuls‚ et al.‚ 2009; Goble‚ et al.‚ 2012; Fabes‚ et al.‚ 2003; Mathur & Parameswaran‚ 2015). The Mexican migrant children did not show any statistically significant gender typed play behaviors‚ while those who share the basic Mexican culture did‚ as well as children in all other cultures examined in

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    Media Stereotyping When you turn your TV on‚ what do you see? Most likely a white male as a protagonist‚ an African-American getting arrested‚ a Mexican yard man‚ maybe a black woman cussing and exhibiting verbal aggressiveness‚ an Asian owner of a pawnshop in some sketchy ghetto town‚ or a Pakistani terrorist with a last name too long and complex to pronounce. Racial stereotypes of ethnic minorities have become extremely prevalent in advertising‚ entertainment and other forms of digital and broadcast

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    Children are making decisions they may not have made had gender roles not been created and enforced by their parents. An example of that is revealed by Caldera‚ Huston‚ and O’brian: “Studies have shown that children will most likely choose to play with “gender appropriate” toys‚ even when cross gender toys are available‚ because parents give children positive feedback (in the form of praise‚ involvement‚ and physical closeness) for gender normative behavior” (“Difference Sex and Gender” n.pag.).

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    she compares two toy stores in their functions of society. Functionalism is the society equilibrium‚ each part of society are interrelated part that function together. The two toy stores display a small-scale of the inequality face in society by the structure of gender and race. The similarity of both toy stores is the gender ratio by more female employees than males. Toy Warehouse was most were African-American while Diamond Toys primarily Whites. The top of hierarchies of each toy store the manager

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    Gender Roles in Toy Story 3: To Barbie or Not To Barbie Gender is not biological‚ only the sex of a person is. One’s gender is determinate upon who they are in their mind and soul. In Toy Story 3‚ the sex does not exactly match each toy’s gender. There is a question of boy’s toys versus girl’s toys. For example‚ just because Jesse is a girl‚ doesn’t necessarily mean she is a girl’s toy. The same goes for Ken‚ who is in fact a girl’s toy‚ even though he is a boy. The characters exemplify how

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    Stereotyping in Society

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    Stereotyping in Society I think it is pretty hard to go through a week without experiencing at least two or three incidents where someone or a group of people is being sterotyped. Whether it comes from jokes‚ television‚ comics‚ or just hearing people talk about other people‚ stereotyping is around all the time. The first example of stereotyping that I witnessed comes from the television show "That 70s Show." At least every episode the "crew‚" or group of friends always hang out‚ and they

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    Gender Typing Gender typing has many effects on a child and its attitudes towards gender later in life. If children are taught something while being brought up and observing‚ chances are they’re going to take that with them for the rest of their life and be biased towards things and how they perceive others. It could also have a negative impact on what children believe what’s acceptable; things to play with such as different toys and colors for different sexes. “According to social learning

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    unclean? These are all examples of common stereotypes. Stereotypes are preconceived notions about a group of people that are accepted as fact without question. Stereotyping is a part of everyday life and everyone has been stereotyped at some point in their life whether they’ve been conscious to it or not. Whether good or bad‚ stereotyping can lead to many prejudices and people prejudging a certain group without knowing anything about them. These stereotypes can have negative and positive effects

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