An examination of prize-winning picture books reveals that women are greatly underrepresented in the titles, central roles, and illustrations. Where women do appear their characterization reinforces traditional sex-role stereotypes: boys are active while girls are passive; boys lead and rescue others while girlsfollow and serve others. Adult men and women are equally sex stereotyped: men engage in a wide variety of occupations while women are presented only as wives and mothers. The effects of these rigid sex-role portraits on the self image and aspirations of the developing child are discussed.
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Lenore J. Weitzman
Harvard University
Deborah Eifler
Elizabeth Hokada
American Journal of Sociology
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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08c07996b78901e666b865 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/225261