Gender 2000 Journal Entry 4
Please complete the italicized portions of this assignment before reading the packet.
In this assignment, you will be focusing on fairy tales and what messages they send to both children and adults about gender-appropriate behaviors or natures. Please answer the following questions. What were your favorite stories when you were a child? Why did you like them? Find one of your favorite fairy tales and attach it (or a photocopy of it). Why did you like this tale? What are some of the messages that it gives to kids? What are the messages about Gender?
Does it conform to the patterns Lieberman discusses? Do you think children pick up on these messages? How are children affected by what they read? What influences kids today?