Nursery rhyme where gender stereotypes are reinforced were not hard to find because most of the nursery rhymes are typically based on gender stereotypes. The nursery rhyme “What are little boys made of” portrays both genders in different ways and how their feminine and masculinity is perform. For instance, boys are being portrayed as “slugs and snails” showing that boys will always be boys and they will never know when to grow up. While girls are seen as “sugar and spice” that depicts them to be sweet and keen. There seem to be more of a positive, uplifting meaning behind the young female’s context of nursery rhymes than young males. These stereotypes shape children to be in the role that our culture wants them to be. It gives young children
