Parents Magazine: Avoiding Gender Stereotypes
The Parents article titled "Avoiding Gender Stereotypes" discusses a scenario that occurred with a preschooler when she went to school. A young girl by the name Rachel attended preschool and decided to wear dresses all the time. The mom of the child would approve of this by encouraging the behavior since it was clear that she identified with her gender. Dr. Elaine Blakemore states ‘Research shows that infants can tell the difference between males and females as early as their first year' (Solomon, 2001) but she did not explain what the research was or how it was conducted. As the article continues it elaborates on the different aspects in which toddlers would begin to identify with or without their gender by different things the parents do such as the way they dress, act, and even speak. A lot of the things that the parents feel that it is not either lady-like or even manly-like can be easily misguided for a toddler throughout these years (Solomon, 2001). …show more content…
Although this is very self-explanatory, it does not explain why this is a good tip, where the information was gathered from or even if an expert was the one to give this advice. The tips continue by stating, "reinforce behaviors that shatter stereotypes", "Question all generalizations", Tune into your own biases" (Solomon, 2001). The advice and examples stated in the article does not include whether it was proven as a fact that these are going to be beneficial towards the age related. There are no statistical facts within the article nor any evidence based practice to prove the credibility of the journalist. This article also explains the different genders and their categories in the ways they see it as journalists, doctors, etc. but not as everyone else sees it as it would have been shown in an
The Parents article titled "Avoiding Gender Stereotypes" discusses a scenario that occurred with a preschooler when she went to school. A young girl by the name Rachel attended preschool and decided to wear dresses all the time. The mom of the child would approve of this by encouraging the behavior since it was clear that she identified with her gender. Dr. Elaine Blakemore states ‘Research shows that infants can tell the difference between males and females as early as their first year' (Solomon, 2001) but she did not explain what the research was or how it was conducted. As the article continues it elaborates on the different aspects in which toddlers would begin to identify with or without their gender by different things the parents do such as the way they dress, act, and even speak. A lot of the things that the parents feel that it is not either lady-like or even manly-like can be easily misguided for a toddler throughout these years (Solomon, 2001). …show more content…
Although this is very self-explanatory, it does not explain why this is a good tip, where the information was gathered from or even if an expert was the one to give this advice. The tips continue by stating, "reinforce behaviors that shatter stereotypes", "Question all generalizations", Tune into your own biases" (Solomon, 2001). The advice and examples stated in the article does not include whether it was proven as a fact that these are going to be beneficial towards the age related. There are no statistical facts within the article nor any evidence based practice to prove the credibility of the journalist. This article also explains the different genders and their categories in the ways they see it as journalists, doctors, etc. but not as everyone else sees it as it would have been shown in an