In any event, as part of the "Women & Men in US Society" course
=ECsociologyU I teach, I assign a final oral project in which the student=
s are
asked to examine children's toys, games, videos in terms of gender stereo=
types.
Believe me, they never have any trouble coming up with ideas, and the
stereotypeing is, basically, so crude and obvious, that my 1st-year colle=
ge
students with 3 months of "gender role thery" to draw from =ECand often n=
ot
a lot of real interest in the subject :>U almost always comes up with
with a pretty thorough analysis.
Perhaps it's time for a rigorous and systematic survey of toys and games.=
nancy morse-kelly
temple university
v1958g@vm.temple.edu
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