How Does Stereotypes Affect Children's Sexuality?
Many people tend to have a strong opinion one way or another on what type of toys their children are allowed to play with. Some people believe it can even affect their children’s sexuality if they play with a toy that isn’t for their gender. For example some people believe a young boy playing with Barbie’s can make him gay or feminine. And new “groundbreaking” commercials like the Moschino Barbie commercial with a young boy who is acting stereotypically feminine, can reinforce these stereotypes and scare people more. While there is nothing wrong with a boy being “feminine” and playing with a Barbie the commercial can terrify some conservative parents. This research is meant to find the reason why some parents can get extremely passionate about
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Out of the 9 people over the age of 25, 6 people said no to the first question and only 3 said yes, while for the second question 6 said yes while the other 3 did not care. In all 7 people answered yes to the first question and 8 people said no or I don’t care to the second question. I have found that the majority of people that I interviewed over the age of 25 have strong negative feelings towards their son having a stereotypically “girly” toy. But when asked how they would feel if their daughter played with a “boy” toy they didn’t care much. Most people younger than 25 (with the exception of one person), did not care what toy their child asked for they would agree to buy it for them. Even though the younger group did not care as much, I noticed some of the men were more hesitant in saying yes to their potential sons having Barbies but in the end they did agree I am not sure if it was because I was there and they felt that people would judge them if they said no, so they said yes. Or if they thought about it and decided yes was their answer. For one 24 year old woman she said no to both questions, when asked why she said she didn’t know, and guessed it was because she was a “traditional Christian” and “It’s not the way my family
Out of the 9 people over the age of 25, 6 people said no to the first question and only 3 said yes, while for the second question 6 said yes while the other 3 did not care. In all 7 people answered yes to the first question and 8 people said no or I don’t care to the second question. I have found that the majority of people that I interviewed over the age of 25 have strong negative feelings towards their son having a stereotypically “girly” toy. But when asked how they would feel if their daughter played with a “boy” toy they didn’t care much. Most people younger than 25 (with the exception of one person), did not care what toy their child asked for they would agree to buy it for them. Even though the younger group did not care as much, I noticed some of the men were more hesitant in saying yes to their potential sons having Barbies but in the end they did agree I am not sure if it was because I was there and they felt that people would judge them if they said no, so they said yes. Or if they thought about it and decided yes was their answer. For one 24 year old woman she said no to both questions, when asked why she said she didn’t know, and guessed it was because she was a “traditional Christian” and “It’s not the way my family