Gender Video Reflection by Alayna Bloom

New ideas

2025-10-28 21:24:13 UTC

I feel like it's interesting to see how a very progressive society sees gender compared to America (progressive but not as progressive as Sweden). I think it is just pretty interesting to see how they raised their children with these new roles such as mapa and hen.

2025-10-28 21:24:23 UTC

I thought this was a really interesting video, and I think that the aspect of not enforcing gender norms as a whole was really unique and I think it is something more countries should do.

2025-10-28 21:24:35 UTC

I think it was very interesting how Mika didn’t even want to seem to talk about gender. It shows that gender isn’t necessarily a concept that Mika thinks about, which I think is cool. Mika is able to just exist as they are and as who they want to be.

2025-10-28 21:24:47 UTC

I liked the laws created in 1998 surrounding the idea of giving all kids the same opportunities no matter the gender.

2025-10-28 21:24:57 UTC

I thought it was a unique and new approach, and found it interesting how long the school system has not been enforcing gender roles. The progressive nature is interesting to watch in a realistic home life setting, especially in a place where it is so culturally accepted.

2025-10-28 21:25:05 UTC

I'm very curious about how many gender norms or social norms the kids influence outside of their homes and how that effects how the kids act, because it is likely impossible for them to not experience any version of gender norms outside.

2025-10-28 21:25:06 UTC

I think the idea of raising kids without gender roles is interesting. I'm curious how it may benefit or harm kids. I think it seems good to limit the influence of gender roles, but I wonder if the kids being raised without a gender are ever confused. In all, I think the progressive ideas seem like they could be beneficial but truly need more research for it to be clear.

I do think the Kindergarten and school set up to limit gender stereotypes seems good.

Reflection

2025-10-28 21:25:07 UTC

I thought it was very interesting! And to me, it seems like something that could never happen in America. And also really reflects on the goals of Sweden compared to other places.

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2123496 — 2025-10-28 21:25:09 UTC

My reactions are just a little bit suprised, I had no idea that Sweden had much less gender norms. I think that it is cool because I love the idea of being able to be interested in everything and anything and not be restricted to only the things that are promoted by your gender. I think that honestly I wish I had that as a child, but I dont think that it is necessarily a bad thing to have those kind of reactions and such.

2025-10-28 21:25:10 UTC

I wonder if growing up in a gender neutral world could be confusing because in the video Mika seemed annoyed that their parent was asking what gender they wanted to be for the day.

2025-10-28 21:25:12 UTC

I think that it's really interesting how there is pretty much no level of judgement when it comes to gender there, compared to the "taboo" description that gender fluidity gets in most Western cultures. I think that this could affect the children by making them have less internal judgements about themselves as well, if they are learning less about how they "should act" in society.

Enculturation

2025-10-28 21:25:15 UTC

I think this is an interesting new idea that could be positive but I also do think it could be detrimental long term and confuse children as they are growing up. I think that kids shouldn't be forced to conform to gender roles but also shouldn;t be forced to nonconform.

Good way to break down social boundaires

2025-10-28 21:25:19 UTC

The video was interesting, the parents are clearly trying very hard to move away from any form of gender stereotype which is impressive. In the situation they are in they are very comfortable with their classmates and other people, so it seems to be working well

Gender Video Reflection

2025-10-28 21:25:20 UTC

It was intresting how completely normal gender identity is, even for kids and in school. The grandmothers reaction was also intresting to see

Thoughts

2025-10-28 21:25:23 UTC

It seemed almost like the children were pushed to wear dresses and like there wasn't a space really for them to decide they wanted to identify as a specific gender. I found it very interesting though

2025-10-28 21:25:28 UTC

I think it's really interesting to see the differences in American vs Swedish culture regarding gender norms and stereotypes. In Sweden, their views on gender norms are much more flexible and non-restrictive, whereas traditional gender roles in America are more reinforced, especially in schools. I think we should try to encourage more gender neutral activities in schools for younger children that discourage gender stereotypes.

Video Reflection

2025-10-28 21:25:29 UTC

I thought that this community was really interesting. Having an entire society built up on not enforcing gender norms and letting the kids choose was very new and unique. It wasn't something I had encountered before.

2025-10-28 21:25:40 UTC

I thought this video was really interesting because it shows how different societal norms can be between countries. I thought the working against gender norms in school was very cool and something more countries should do.

2025-10-28 21:25:43 UTC

I think that the concept of not enforcing or even bringing up gender or gender norms is pretty interesting and unique. The children decide what their own role will be, rather than being pushed towards one in any way.

Enculturation

2025-10-28 21:25:53 UTC

I think that as a country it's goo that they are embracing the destruction of gender norms in general but I don't really agree with the parent's making the decision of the children's gender for their life, rather they should embrace it if that is a choice the children want to make.

gender video reflection

2025-10-28 21:25:59 UTC

I thought the video was really interesting. It was cool to see how social norms impact gender and expression. I'm more curious to see how it works into the children's later life and if they develop their own identity and what other factors impact that.

2025-10-28 21:26:04 UTC

My main thought was wondering what these children will think when they grow up and see societies that have gender roles so baked into their structures. Will they think the gender roles are weird? Or will they think it makes sense? We often assume that categorizations in society make sense because we've grown up with them, even subconsciously, but these children may lack those subconscious stereotypes. It's interesting.

2025-10-28 21:26:18 UTC

I think it's pretty interesting to see how open and accepting other children are. The kids seem happy and just like normal kids.

Realistically, the only reason why this seems "crazy" or "not normal" is because our society is so dictated by gender. If a person did this with a strictly female or male child (only letting them play with "girl" or "boy" toys), then this wouldn't have been seen as "crazy liberal."

If the kids are happy, I don't see an issue with it. Allowing them the choice means that they can counteract stereotypes and become independent thinkers.

2025-10-28 21:26:41 UTC

I think that on the whole the ideas are correct and are a solid way to raise children. For the goal that they were trying to accomplish, I think the execution was strong. That being said, this would never work in America, simply because Americans are not as flexible as others around the world. The primary caregiver was very performative for the video, however. On the whole the execution was sound.

2025-10-28 21:27:09 UTC

I found it really interesting how it was written in the laws for schooling to not enforce gender roles, and to ensure that children of all genders should be given the same opportunities. This is vastly different from culture in America, and I think it would be interesting for kindergartners in America to experience this type of schooling.

Interesting takes on gender

2025-10-28 21:28:10 UTC

I was having a discussion with my seat partner and we both agreed that the situation is very interesting. We said that it would likely fly in America until the kids became older, although we did agree that the primary caregiver was a bit performative, not necessarily in a bad way but just in a way that artist-type people generally are (e.g. the veggie bacon comment). A society raised without gender would be an interesting view, and I think it would likely solve a lot of gendered problems of today - albeit, it would be interesting to see how biological differences would be handled.

Thoughts

2025-10-29 04:02:03 UTC

I understand how some people would sya that the parent could be like a little over the top and in your face about it but i thought it was interstign that they dotn correct anyonne when they call their child a certain gender. I liked that the children can play with whatever they like and chose what to wear but I think it could be affectign the childs sense and strength in their identity becasue the child doesnt kknow what they are and doesnt want to talk about it.