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Boys can't experience or express emotions of as high intensity/as complex as girls

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Boys can't experience or express emotions of as high intensity/as complex as girls

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Different cultures have different hierarchy of 'important' schemas 

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Different cultures have different hierarchy of 'important' schemas 

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Social roles in their daily lives such as "mom cooks dinner, dad carries heavy big things when needed"

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Social roles in their daily lives such as "mom cooks dinner, dad carries heavy big things when needed"

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There seems to be more of an emphasis on enforcing gender stereotypes in collectivist cultures

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The body positivity movement has grown exponentially in recent years which has changed societal views about weight and appearance. However, toys like Barbie still exist and this is what children have access to, they will already have ingrained in their minds the unattainable figure they believe they should have. It would be more beneficial if children were exposed to more realistic representations of body image so that they would not have to eventually tackle their low self-esteem which originated in childhood by engaging with the body positivity movement in their later years.

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Women shouldn't have their own career, but be a 'full time mum'. This goes alongside the notion of women being the housekeeper, so they would clean the house whilst their husband is the 'breadwinner', and they would dote on the man when they got home by cooking him dinner, etc.

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As a society, we have certainly become more 'accepting' of more body types, and it's great to see other body types embraced. There are also more Barbies that are made to look like a greater proportion of people in society, rather than just an unattainable body type. However, social media is filled with ultra thin models that we are exposed to a lot of the time in our daily lives. This almost reinforces the idea that skinny is beautiful, and that we must strive to be as skinny as them.

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Related to the study of a content analysis of TV show episodes where they found far fewer female characters and less communicative activity in female characters;
Many films today do not pass The Bechdel Test, which only requires: 1. Two named women in the film
2. Who have a conversation
3. About something other than a man.
Some very popular films do not pass the Bechdel test despite being fairly recent, showing these gender stereotypes surrounding men still persist, despite the fact that the original study from Aubrey and Harrison is from 2004, 17 years ago. For example:
The Avengers, Ratatouille, Avatar, A Star is Born, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, La La Land, Finding Nemo and many more, all fail.
In fact, the BBC reported that 51% of Oscar Best Picture Winners since 1929 fail the Bechdel Test.

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While I think the biggest factors are children's books, media and parents social norms will develop between young children in pre school based on their learning of gender stereotypes from other sources and so those who are unsure of gender stereotypes will just conform to the ones other children portray.

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I do believe that nowadays society is accepting of body positivity movements and there are definitely more representations of different types of bodies online for older children/adults to see. However, i still believe that there is a narrow outlook on what is deemed to be the 'ideal' or 'most beautiful' body type especially when it comes to children's toys and even children's tv shows. Barbies and other dolls such as Bratz are still very popular these days and i have never seen a barbie doll that represents a different body shape. Even when it comes to things like makeup and hair, a lot of toys emphasis a certain hair style such as straight blonde hair and they all are shown to be wearing makeup.  I think that in order for things to change, toys such as barbies should become more representative, not just of body shapes, but also they should represent different ethnicities, hair colours/styles and occupations.

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the effects of education within self esteem

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the effects of education within self esteem

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There is a common misconception that boys are better at maths and science, and girls are better are creative, less academic subjects. These gender stereotype can play a big role in certain cultures that place emphasis on certain responsibilities and importance on particular subjects. Therefore, this may impact children self-esteem as they know that they are expected to perform highly at a task due to their gender, and if its something that they struggle with, this is likely to cause discrepancy between their ideal self which is created due to the expectations set bu the cultural standards and real self which is their academic abilities. As well as this, if a child has a strong interest in a subject but knows that that is not what is expected of them, this may effect their self-esteem as they may feel shameful for not 'fitting in' or liking what society expects them to like which overall will effect their self esteem.

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Industrialized cultures have more media Influence

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Industrialized cultures have more media Influence

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Children living in more developed/industrialized (typically western) societies are exposed to many more forms of media, which can be detrimental to self-esteem. This is because the media typically promotes very narrow ideals for people e.g. body image, therefore if children are exposed to these more frequently they are more likely to value them as being important; resulting in their self-esteem being damaged if they do not fit into these ideals.

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I think its really interesting to look at the way people have tried to counter the typical stereotypes that women are weak and powerless.
Often in order to portray a female character as strong they take on typically masculine traits e.g., increased strength, not good at emotions, etc.
Essentially she is idolized because she is 'not like other girls'. And the issue with this is that rather than bolstering the idea that women can be strong, it reinforces the masculine qualities that are viewed as such.
We are beginning to see female characters where their femininity is celebrated and seen as a strength it its own right.
Furthermore, in fiction you often have this "virgin/🤬 dichotomy"; where a woman is villanised for their sexual freedom, and purity is in need of protecting; and generally their worth is seen in their relation to the male characters. Really the best female characters are not ones which fall into stereotypes but who are multi-faceted, and where their sexuality, or their role as a mother is not their prime characteristic. Something which is sadly often a reflection of the way women are viewed generally.
The Virgin and the 🤬: Mary and Eve in Renaissance Art | Melissa Huang

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Media, influencers and reality tv have created a new culture towards the younger generation, promoting strong views on how they should look, behave, act, the lifestyle they should have etc. Most of which aren't necessarily attainable or healthy to strive for. Thus they give off a false image of what their life's are in reality giving young children distorted conceptions of what their goals should be quite often causing negative self-images of themselves.

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Slightly, but there is still growth to be done. 

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Slightly, but there is still growth to be done. 

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Though Barbie has started coming in all sorts of shapes, sizes, races, backgrounds and careers, I think that we will see that the first "Barbie body" is still what little girls are more likely to idolize.
Millinials and Gen Z are both trying to be more body positive and be happy in our own skin. Hopefully that will result in generation Alpha to grown up and be less bias when it comes to what "The right shape" is when it comes to idolizing a doll.