'This culture is marinating your kid in sexism — how are you counteracting that?”
found that when elementary school teachers arranged students by gender and used gendered language , their students were more likely than other kids to put stock in gender stereotypes later in their childhood. Anotherfrom 2010 found that frequently pointing out gender and dividing the class along those lines — boys sit here, girls sit there; this is the boys’ bulletin board, this is the girls’ — caused the students to more heavily endorse gender stereotypes than kids in a control classroom.
If your child is the person to make the offending statement, that’s also a great opportunity. Teaching kids to question their own beliefs— and those of their friends — is a winning strategy. In fact, a 2009 found that elementary school kids who were coached on challenging their peers’ sexist statements were still refuting them six months later.I know, I know. You may be thinking that among the millions of choices we make for our kids, buying a son a Super Awesome Mega Blaster Toy for Boys or selecting a pink, frilly dress for a daughter is relatively unimportant. But it’s the unconsciousness with which we do these things that’s worrisome, and also the scary doors that these actions open.
Here are a few words to keep out of your vocabulary to avoid creating a sexist or misogynistic culture in your home.
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