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In this video, a group of young children, ages 6 to 14 years old are interviewed about their thoughts on gender stereotypes. They are asked a few questions about their thoughts on what makes boys and girls different and what it means to be a part of each gender. I picked this video because I found the answers these children gave to be really interesting. I believe society has the biggest influence on us when we are children. Our minds are so easily controlled and when told something we believe it without question. Our personality and morals begin to develop at a very early age and the reason we are the way we are and act the way we do as adults is all influenced by the way we were raised as children.

For the interactive portion of this project I propose this question: After watching the video and taking in the responses of the children, reflect on how many of these are apart of the long lists of stereotypes found in the week 4 folder under “Class Resources”. How did the way you were raised as a child impact your perceptions of gender? What were you taught as a child and how has that changed as you’ve grown up? What forms of stereotypical gender norms did you participate in growing up? (ex: as a girl: playing with dolls, wearing pink / as a boy: playing with trucks, wearing blue)

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The Impact Gender Stereotypes Have On Us As Children

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The Impact Gender Stereotypes Have On Us As Children

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I chose this picture because of the meaning behind it that, toys don’t have a gender. As kids gender stereotypes play the biggest role in our life. We are taught that girls wear pink and play with dolls while boys wear blue and play with cars and superheroes.

In this picture, the girl that is highlighted in pink is playing with the boy toys that are highlighted in blue, and the boy is highlighted in blue and he is playing with the pink highlighted toys. As I grow up I find it riveting that as children we are constricted of expressing our creativity and interests because it most likely creates questions regarding sexuality. I can’t speak for everyone but when I was little I wasn’t allowed to play with “boy” toys because they weren't “lady-like”. Even as I grow older I sometimes restrain myself from doing anything that is considered for boys like watching sports, and playing video games because I was always taught that as a girl I couldn’t be interested in such things.

This picture speaks to me because its what i wish was a normal reality. We shouldn’t be constricting children from expressing themselves and figuring out who they are at a young age. It should not matter if a girl picks up a wrestling figure and it should not matter if a boy plays with a barbie because they are just kids and they should not be defined by what realistic genderless item they are picking up.

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Do You Feel Constricted by Gender Norms?

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Do You Feel Constricted by Gender Norms?

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Upon reading this article I found the responses to the surveys to be the most intriguing. Similar to what we have covered in class a group of girls and boys were asked different questions about gender. It had never occurred to me to think that I felt constricted by my gender because I always thought this was how it was supposed to be but from reading this article I learned that is not right at all. While reading this article I hope you can consider and think how you feel constricted by your gender and how this has affected you.

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Do You Feel Constricted by Gender Norms? (Published 2018)

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Do you feel pressure to look, act and be a certain way based on your gender?