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Fisher-Price: It's never too early for gender stereotyping!

Love / Shove blog post by Jessica Jernigan, March 21, 2008 - 9:49am; tagged: children, gender stereotyping, Kids, toys.

When I think back on my own childhood, I find that my memories are sepia-toned, by which I do not mean that I am especially nostalgic, but, rather, that I grew up in the 1970s, and brown was hot. Yellow, too. Those two colors comprised the entire palette of the complete Little Tikes line and many other elements of my visual universe. Everything else was red, green, or blue. All little kids had pageboy haircuts, and boys and girls wore the same Garanimals and played with the same Legos.

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Are You Ready for the Sex, Girls?

The Mixed Messages of Kids
Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Premiere; filed under: Film; tagged: female sexuality, gender roles, Kids, male sexuality, movies, sex, sexuality, stereotypes, teens.

Kids has been hailed as a film that breaks the teen-movie mold and shows a long-hidden side of young life. But, while it may be more graphic and harsh than other movies, it basically covers the same ground: voracious young male sexuality. The only innovative element of the movie—an honest portrayal of female sexual pleasure—is conflicted at best.

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