Popular Films
This 2023 film showed young women everywhere that they can be whatever they want to be!
What is Barbie?
And what does a film like this mean for young women?
Boys will be ____.
What are boys?
And why are boys and men given the right to be emotionally immature, while women aren't?
This gender is expected to be well-behaved and polite.
What are girls/women?
Why is it so easy for us to identify the answer to a question like this?
This percentage of female executives across industries feel 'imposter syndrome'.
What is 75%? (Pautise, 2023)
What does a number like this mean, and where does this feeling stem from?
These people in schools should be more aware of the connotation of language they use towards young students.
What are teachers/school administrators.
This princess movie involved seven dwarves...
What is Snow White?
And what does it mean for women to constantly be portrayed as caretakers and homemakers?
She's such a _____ queen!
What is drama?
Why are women expected to be entirely emotionless to be seen as well-spoken and intelligent?
This gender is expected to be ambitious and intelligent.
What are boys/men?
Why is this expectation limited to men?
By this age, girls are less likely to believe that their gender is 'really, really smart' as compared to boys.
What is 6 years old? (Bian, 2017)
What does a number like this mean for development of these ideas?
High school can police ____ codes equally for both genders, rather than just focusing on women.
What are dress codes?
This 1970s movie musical contained popular songs such as 'Summer Lovin'.
What is Grease?
And why did Sandy have to change herself to less 'geeky' to be desirable to a man?
Don't worry your _____ little head.
What is pretty?
Why can women not be considered both pretty and smart?
This gender is discouraged from subjects like math, despite no performance differences?
What are girls/women?
We heard a lot about this on Wednesday from Group 2.
6 and 7 year old girls were ____ likely than boys of the same age to be interested in a game described as 'for really, really smart people'.
What is less? (Bian, 2017)
Why do girls at this age not see themselves as capable of something for smart people?
Ability and personality traits should be connected on an individual basis, and not on the basis of this.
What is gender?
This iconic movie includes the line 'On Wednesdays we wear pink'.
What it Mean Girls?
And why do girls in high school feel the need to be 'mean' to one another?
You're smart, for a _____.
What is a girl/woman?
Why are we held to lower academic standards than men when we are just as capable of achieving as men are?
This gender is more often discouraged from pursuing reading and writing subjects, despite no observed differences in academic capability?
What are boys/men?
What does it mean for these subjects, those that involve language, communication, arts, to be considered girly?
Only this percentage of parents were concerned about seeing "Girls or women shown in negative gender-stereotyped roles, such as 'bimbo,' 'ditz,' or 'Jezebel'"
What is 50.3%? (Common Sense Media, 2017)
Why are only half of parents concerned about young girls seeing these stereotypes in the media?
What is personal?
This Shakespeare retelling showed a girl having to dress up as a man to be on the soccer team.
What is She's The Man?
What does it say that she had to dress up like a man to pursue her passion?
You fight/talk/act like a _____.
What is a girl?
And why are girls presumed to be worse at doing these things?
This gender is expected to end up in caretaking positions, despite academic aptitude.
What are girls/women?
What does it feel like, as a girl, to not have your ambitions taken seriously?
Only this percentage of parents think media has a significant influence of a girl's perception of her own intelligence.
What is 36.4%? (Common Sense Media, 2017)
Why is this number only just above a third, when it is so obvious that these stereotypes do exist? Because these stereotypes are chiefly being picked up by life experiences.
Do not separate genders for various activities. Promote students doing this.
What is working together?