Gender Stereotypes In Christopher Bell's Ted Talk

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Christopher Bell’s Ted Talk uses both real-world examples and numerical data to effectively argues that both male and female characters should be presented and marketed equally to both genders and that the public pedagogy negatively impacts children’s identities, although he effectively argues that genders should treated more equal he fails to justify if the companies are intentionally saying that the princesses are messes up the public pedagogy of the other princesses. A point Bell makes that supports the idea the companies intentionally saying that the princesses mess up the public pedagogy is that the Disney store would not put Princess Leia merchandise in their store. "’We have no intention of putting Princess Leia merchandise in the store.’"

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