Soraya Chemaly “What Does It Mean That most Children’s Books Are Still About White Boys” The Huffington Post, November 11, 2013
A small group of third grade students were given a task of picking a few books they want to read and talk about together. One of the boys rapidly rejected books that had girl on the cover, girl in the title or book that was about a girl. He actually refused to read a girl books. He’s classmate, one of the girls commented that he is making sexist choices, but he didn’t understand what was she trying to explain.
Chemaly reports, that there are numerous studies indicating that media and books put a boy the pedestal. Much higher percentage of books feature male-dominating character than female protagonists, same goes
A small group of third grade students were given a task of picking a few books they want to read and talk about together. One of the boys rapidly rejected books that had girl on the cover, girl in the title or book that was about a girl. He actually refused to read a girl books. He’s classmate, one of the girls commented that he is making sexist choices, but he didn’t understand what was she trying to explain.
Chemaly reports, that there are numerous studies indicating that media and books put a boy the pedestal. Much higher percentage of books feature male-dominating character than female protagonists, same goes