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Topic: gender stereotypes

To Raise a Boy by Emma Brown (Photo illustration by Salon/Kate Warren/Atria)

How to stop boys from becoming monsters

Nicole Karlis
A protester dressed like the Statue of Liberty stands with a fist raised on the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Capitol mob wasn’t just angry white men

Jakana Thomas - The Conversation
Elizabeth Warren; Donald Trump; Kamala Harris (Getty/Tasos Katopodis/Alex Wong/AP/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Are women too emotional for politics?

Amanda Marcotte
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Children's gender stereotypes changing

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Michelle Obama praises Parkland students

Rachel Leah
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Media sexism fuels abuse

Virginia García Beaudoux - The Conversation
Ta'Kaiya Blaney is a 15 year old student from the Tla'Amin First Nation on Vancouver Island, in BC, Canada. (Disney)

Disney vs. "Princess Culture"

Alessandra Maldonado
(Reuters/Gene Blevins)

gendering jobs

Sarah Thebaud, Laura Doering - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

learning gender roles

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
A 2013 photo of actress Geena Davis of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which commissioned the study (Associated Press)

Prachi Gupta
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-100217p1.html'>Ozgur Coskun</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Tom Jacobs - Pacific Standard