The author, Sarah Boesveld a journalist for the National Post, a Canadian news journal, uses data from a study conducted at an Alberta elementary school examining grade 1 and 2 students perceptions of gender stereotypes related to the movies and books which they have been exploring in class. The study was meant to see how the children would explain the gender roles and behavioral attributes that the characters posses within each story. Then the author dives into ht e behavioral effects that fair tales emit. Fairy tales “play a “powerful” role in shaping children’s perspectives about themselves and others, such as how males and females are “supposed” to behave” (Boesveld 1). The behavioral analysis continues to show that fair tales emit a dominant
