This article will help when research gender stereotyping, especially when it comes to men and how they are affected. The author tells both sides of the story which gives well rounded information.
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- Nov 2018
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www.medicaldaily.com www.medicaldaily.com
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Without an outlet or opportunity to foster healthy emotional expression, any child, boy or girl, can be left with dead ends and a deafening sense of loneliness.
It is unhealthy for anyone to hide their feelings and not talk about them. It is better if we taught our sons to talk about their feelings and have a better quality of life.
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That verbal expression, of course, should start with the parents. One study found mothers may be the best initiators of this emotional literacy, since they tend to use more emotional words with their children than fathers. However, they're also more likely to use those words in conversations with their daughters and not their sons.
Parents play a huge role in the development of their children, especially when it comes to gender stereotyping. If mothers and fathers show their sons that is is okay to feel their emotions, then they are less likely to be aggressive and feel like they have to hide their feelings when they are older.
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Previous research looking into patterns of social bullying — also called relational aggression — among both boys and girls found that boys engaged in mean verbal behavior in attempts to exclude the target from the social group.
Men are likely to be more aggressive because when they are young they are taught to suppress their emotions. As the author stated before, they are taught to, "Be a man."
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There is a common misconception that men are a gender exempt from burdening expectations, stereotypes, and societal pressures; free from glass ceilings and slut shaming.
Most people think of women when it comes to gender stereotypes, but men are affected as well. This author gives direct examples of this.
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www.commonsensemedia.org www.commonsensemedia.org
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This article will help when researching where gender stereotypes come from. It expands on the media and how it is affecting younger people. The media is unavoidable for children especially today.
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While there are movies and TV shows that defy gender stereotypes -- and Hollywood is making some progress on this front -- you're not going to be able to prevent your kids from seeing everything that sends the wrong message.
As I stated before, these stereotypes are not in the media as much as they were before, however they are still unavoidable. There are advertisements upon advertisements that objectify men and women and put false ideas in children's heads.
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We polled nearly 1,000 parents across the country and found that they believe the media has a significant influence on their kids, from how girls should look and behave to how seeing violence can affect boys' beliefs about themselves.
This is an interesting poll considering the fact that there are many articles that point out how much of a role parents play in gender stereotyping. Parents can change these ideas and instill them into their children.
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For young audiences who absorb ideas from the media on how to behave and what to become, these characterizations can lead to false assumptions and harmful conclusions.
When someone who is young and developing sees stereotypical ideas in the media, they are likely to have ideals in their head about themselves that are inaccurate. It can limit their growth and opportunity.
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It's constant exposure to the same dated concepts in the media over and over, starting before preschool and lasting a lifetime -- concepts like: Boys are smarter than girls; certain jobs are best for men and others for women; and even that girls are responsible for their own sexual assaults.
In the past, these ideas were portrayed in most television shows and films. It does not come up AS much as it did in the past, but it still does play a prominent role in the media.
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