Gender Stereotyping Effects on Children

Stereotypes are an unavoidable part of everyday life. Stereotypes are defined as a widely held summary of the characteristics, behaviors, and roles of a particular group of individuals combined based on perceived commonality (Hansson, LM, Karnehed, N., Tynelius, P ., & Rassmussen), F. 2009). Stereotypes may be positive, but it is not uncommon for them to convey misleading information about a group of specific people. Therefore, researchers are often interested in the origin and results of stereotypes.

Racial and gender stereotype: linking stereotypes of gender attitudes between children and adolescents, including self esteem and career aspirations, negative women's images and girls, minority misrepresentation and comparison with men Social behavior toward eating disorders: In one study, researchers named their educational television programs to more than 500 second and sixth graders students, from the program I asked to explain what I learned. Children not only explained about some social welfare programs, but also explained exactly the information they conveyed. However, pro - social programs only convey goodwill and thoughtful behavior only if they are free in antisocial behavior and destructive behavior. Unfortunately, this primarily limits the number of pro-social programs on TV today.

This research explores gender stereotypes of female characters in children's programs and information that these stereotypes may give to children. The best television network for children aged 2 to 11 in the United States is Nickelodeon (PR Newswire 2000). Five programs were selected from Nickelodeon's television network based on the gender of the hero and the viewers of the target age group of the program. Analysis of female characters by survey tools including basic women's stereotypes: emotional susceptibility, emotional weakness, obedience, foolishness, relationship with the protagonist, and they are consistent, gender neutral, or opposite Is it a stereotype? Nickelodeon is proud to build a gender neutral network (Benezra 1995), but in this study gender neutral results are obtained, but these results are more negative than positive.