Video Game Analysis: Fable III

One of the main disadvantages of gender roles is the unrealistic expectations they can put on children. Gender roles teach children that they need to act a certain way based on their gender in order to be accepted in society. For example, in “The Color of Children’s Gender Stereotypes”, Rachel Karniol explains a study performed that tested young Israeli children’s preferences when it comes to coloring books. The results of the study showed that boys were less likely to use the color pink when coloring, and they tended to avoid the female-stereotyped illustrations in coloring books while girls used less female-stereotyped colors in the male-stereotyped illustrations (Karniol 119). Gender roles condition children to think that they are expected to act a certain way. Therefore, if a young boy wanted to color with a pink

Gender roles are categories that characterize what it means to be feminine and masculine in society, on how people think about gender as they relate to one another (Adams et al., 2013). For example, women are expected to be accommodating and emotional, while men are usually expected to be self-confident and aggressive, this shows how men and women are to behave in society. However, these sayings were taught to individuals based on norms, or standards created by a society which is called Gender Socialization (p. 318). Growing up as a child, we were taught as girls to play with dollhouses, pretend kitchen sets, cleaning supplies and play dress up. Whereas boys are taught to play with cars, sports equipment’s, action figures, and weapons. However, if a boy was playing with dollhouses, or playing dress up, he would be considered gay, or not masculine and looked down upon by society, and families. The same goes for girls who play with boy toys, or dresses as a tomboy, this is what we are taught to play with at a young age. Our families tell us how to behave, our schools tell us what

According to the text, gender is “Psychological sex-type” (Ronald Adler, 2015). I associate with being a female. I consider myself to be feminine. I am one of five grandchildren, and I am the only girl. Growing up, I was the princess, my cousins called me sis, or sissy, short for sister. When my cousins would play ninja’s I would be a ninja princess. I always played what they played, but a female version. I believe women can rule the world, and in girl power. I think part of my belief that girls can do anything comes from my mom being a teacher at the one and only girl school in Dayton, Charity Early Adams Academy for Girls. I grew up in Brownies, and Girl Scouts, both organizations promote female issues. When I was younger, I also belonged also to the American Girl Doll club, where girls would meet and bring their American Girl Dolls for reading, activities, and conversations. My mom always had me in pink with

Gender coding is not a natural or biological characteristic. People are born with different physical and biological characteristics, but make sense of their gender roles through cultural influences. “Stereotypes are amazingly powerful, and we may not realize the degree to which our thoughts, beliefs, and actions are shaped by them” (Silverman, Rader, 2010). Boys and girls are labeled as masculine or feminine, which is considered the “norm” for society. Children are not born masculine or feminine, they learn these roles from parents, peers, media, and even religion. Concepts of gender identity are sometimes placed on children even before their birth, such as with the selection of paint colors for the nursery.” Children begin to form concepts of gender beginning around the age of 2, and most children know if they are a boy or girl by age of 3” (Martin & Ruble, 2004). From an early age, children are encouraged to identify with gender coding. Gender is formed at birth, but self-identification as being male or female is imbedded into their minds by parents and society. A child learns to understand their gender role and their identity by what is taught and expressed to them by others. Yet as a child grows, gender coding can cause cultural confusion, and insecurity issues throughout the course of their life.

Upon reading the book “Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture”, by Peggy Orenstein, I was extremely captivated to absorb the opinions that she had on raising a girl and all of the feminine influences that naturally surround her. The author herself had stated right from the first page how she initially wished for the child in her womb was a boy. My preliminary notion that joined this book to the course material was assumed before I even began reading, as several obvious details it became apparent that the book for sure had to be about gender roles and gender identity. The whole topic of princesses in the title, as well as the way the books cover flaunted pink and shimmery glitter it was just a telltale sign to have gender specific ties. That impression continued as I began reading the very first chapter boldly titled “Why I Hoped for a Boy”. There were such forthright examples making it overly apparent that she, the author, would be discussing the sexes, meaning girls vs.

For instance, children assume gender is reflected by outward appearance and hobbies. As kids, males are seen to prefer cars and trucks, rather than dolls. They like toy guns, and anything they can roughhouse with. As for aspirations, many will want to be brave, and strong, in their future, in the meantime they dress up as their favorite super heroes. They usually take up interests that their fathers also like, which leads to the idea of “masculine items.”

Children learn as early as age two what it means to be a “boy” or a “girl” (Aina & Cameron). This is described as gender identity, a person’s sense of self as male or female. Gender stereotyping emerges hand in hand with the development of gender identity in Early Childhood (Halim). Gender roles are society’s expectations of the proper behavior, attitudes and activities of males and females. When babies are born they are either put in pink or blue, as they grow up they still maintain the same “gender” colors. As young children start to socialize, they are playing with either “girl” toys or “boy” toys. When they get older they

Sociologist Dalton Conley wrote his book, You May Ask Yourself, addressing how “gender is a social construction” that is so normal for society to think how a man or woman should act towards the public. Society often categorizes roles that females and males are suppose to play in, but not only are they categorized they are also being taught what their gender role is suppose to do. The beginning of gender socialization can start with a child who is not born yet by simply having the parents purchase items that are all pink if its expected to be a girl, but if its expected to be a boy then everything they purchase will be blue. Conley states that gender roles are “sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany ones’ status as male or female” (Conley [2008] 2013:134). So even when a child is growing into their infant years, toys are made specifically for their gender. By examining how social construction places gender in categories it becomes apparent that males and females get differentiated a lot which emphasizes inequality between them.

The role of gender roles/stereotypes in our society has greatly diminished. Only those who cling to the past and who benefit from the oppression of one group believe it is still an important factor in our society. These stereotypes are harmful and create a rift between two groups of people from an early age. Children should grow up without the label a gender chosen for them and away from the toxicity of gender stereotypes and conformities in toys and activities. When kids are treated differently from a young age they grow up under the impression that they are drastically unalike and that one group shouldn’t be like the other.

As I stated earlier, gender socialization is apart of our everyday lives and we categorize many things by gender. Even as children it is very clear at a young age that kids know what the idea of a man is supposed to be and the idea of what a woman is supposed to be. In the children’s movie, The Princess and the Frog, released in 2009, there are many examples of gender socialization among the characters, specifically Tiana, Eli “Big Daddy” La Bouff, and Dr. Facilier. Tiana is a poor, struggling young African American woman in the city of New Orleans. Her father passed away when she was a child, which resulted in her only growing up with a mother. She is a woman who is kind to everyone and works multiple jobs everyday to reach her dream of saving enough money to open up her own restaurant. She is the stereotype of the average young black female who is struggling everyday to earn money and takes on jobs that are more geared towards woman, like being a waitress. Because Tiana is not rich or white or even a man, her

Our roles as men and women start at the hospital when we are born. Boys get blue blankets while girls get pink blankets. The toys we play with growing up are targeted at either males or females. Toys that are made

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being a princess. A beautiful ballgown dress, a golden crown, and a perfect family. When I was a going through puberty, I was over working for a educations and wanted to become a housewife and be the leading woman in “Housewifes of Hawaii”. Ever since I was a child, misogyny has been ingrained in my mind, I’ve been taught to grow up to have the perfect life with a perfect husband and perfect kids. Growing up and watching Disney movies, Little girls are taught that they’re life isn’t complete until they meet a man who will rescue them whether it's from a towering castle, their wicked stepmother, or a curse that can only be broken from true love’s first kiss. Whatever the situation girls will always know that on a handsome man will come in and save the day, so there is no reason to fight for your fights just stay in the tower, or continue cleaning your floors, or wait everyday for your prince to come. Out of the thousands of years that humans have existed, not only has media convinced woman to follow their husbands and wait on them hand and foot, but the Bible says that woman will work under men and submit to them. Even our parents, who we look up to, have taught us that the men handle finances and the woman have to clean, cook, and take

Increasingly more frequently, people are considering how important gender roles truly are, and if they have a beneficial impact on people’s lives. As Margaret Mead, a famous female anthropologist from the 1920’s recognizes in “Sex and Temperament,” countless individuals may suffer from strict standardization of gender roles and temperaments. These standardizations in America equate women to being “feminine;” beautiful, caring, soft, sweet, emotional, and dainty—the fairytale princess, while men are constantly expected to be strong, stoic, and aggressive much like a knight in shining armor. Although when women realize that they are not locked in towers guarded by dragons and they do not need to wait around for a prince to come and save their lives and bring them home to a kingdom to be queen, they have potential to do so much more and take whatever path they choose. Men also do not need to train their whole lives in order to save this damsel in distress’s life. Beyond that fantasy, in order to sustain lives in reality, there has obviously always been a need for certain roles in a family—one person to raise and take care of children, and one to go out and bring back provisions so life can continue here on Earth.

Gender role is defined as the socially constructed and culturally specific behavior and appearance expectations imposed on women (femininity) and men (masculinity). Many girls are subjected to gender role stereotyping and different treatment Through socialization, individuals learn to behave in accordance with the expectations of others in the social order (Hult, 83.). Gender ideology is involved when one attaches a color such as pink and blue to sex and when one designates types of toys as male, female or neutral. Most play behavior is an outcome of gender role stereotyping that stems from cultural ideology. Early research provides that by first grade, boys recognize sports, whereas girls recognize grades

Once upon a time there lived a lanky little rat named Rudy. Rudy’s fur was very dull and felt like needles. She lived in a tiny village where all the animals knew each other. Every afternoon she would meet with her friends at the riverbank to tell stories of their morning. One day Rudy scurried to the riverbank excited to share with her friends a cheesecake she had baked just for them, but when she arrived at the meeting spot, no one was there. Worried and confused, Rudy hurried in to town to look for her friends there. Just as she reached the main road, her body froze as she watched the most beautiful creature strolling through town. Rudy looked around and noticed she was not the only animal in the village mesmerized by this beautiful