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Welcome! Here is what we hope our readers will get out of this website:
Parents should be able to define what sexism is.
Parents should be able to identify sexist behaviors within themselves.
Parents should be able to identify sexist behaviors within their children.
Parents should be able to incorporate behaviors within child raising strategies that will redirect sexist behaviors that they see from their children.
Ultimately, our goal is to enrich the open-mindedness of the children and engage them with material that promotes gender equality.
The Relationship Between Sexism and Cognitive Development.pdf
What Is Sexism?
What Is Sexism?
Chimaamanda Ngozi Adichi (2017) says, “A feminist is a man or a woman who says ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it. We must do better.’” We like this definition partly because it includes men as those who can be feminist, but it also generally states the existence of a problem with gender, and that is what we are trying to fix. However, we would like to improve this by saying, A feminist is a man, a woman, or a person who says, “Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it”. Feminism is not just about the discrimination of women, it is not just about the inequality of the sexes, it is about the fight for equality of all people whether they identify as a man, as a woman, or as nonbinary. We are all people who deserve for our stories to be heard.
How Sexism Affects Boys and Girls
How Sexism Affects Boys and Girls
Sexism and gender roles are unconsciously instilled in children by parents and society, and it grows through a lifetime. Our society still raises children differently based on their gender, which is inherently obvious from the toys we encourage our children to play with. Toy isles are still segregated based on gender. Toy cars, trucks, action figures, dinosaurs, toy weapons are stereotypically meant for boys. Barbies, baby dolls, toy makeup, kitchen/cooking toys are typically meant for girls. Colors are assigned to genders: girls get pinks and purples, boys get blues, reds and greens. Adichi (2017) points out that “[Society teaches] girls that they can have ambition, but not too much... to be successful, but not too successful, or they'll threaten men.” Children learn a great deal from their environment, and when we confine them to these small gender roles we inhibit their development.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Anyssa Markowich
Anyssa Markowich
Anyssa is a psychology major at Pacific University. She will be graduating in the Spring of 2022. The main goal of this project is to encourage parents to work towards and learn how to raise inclusive and unprejudiced children.
Adam Mydland
Adam Mydland
Adam is a senior at Pacific University from Bellingham, Washington. He is majoring in psychology with a minor in philosophy. He hopes this project encourages equality and helps parents promote non-gender biased narratives to their children. This is my baby girl Hensley, she is 9 months old and the joy of my life.
Useful Links
We Should All Be Feminists-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
How to Disrupt the Denial of Everyday Sexism-Forbes Magazine
5 ways parents can help kids avoid gender stereotypes-The Conversation
Sexism: See it. name it. stop it-Human Rights Channel
What do babies think?-Alison Gopnik
The Linguistic Genius of Babies-Patricia Kuhl
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