Years ago the idea of sticking a girl with a Barbie, and giving a boy a football was a way of protecting children. Parents would be terrified to know that their son was interested in fashion, or their daughter wanted to play a contact sport. Back then, if a gender mixed with the other genders activities, they could be seen as homosexuals. Today, all these things have little to do with each other. Gender identity can be a hard subject to understand, but in recent years I think it’s been made easier. Today we don’t limit our children’s future to weather they are in a pink or a blue blanket. Over time, gender identity has been made the choice of the individual, and how they appear or act isn’t as discriminated as it used to be. Men can be bulk, or scrawny. Women can be housewives or CEOs. There are always exceptions, but I find gender identity to be a more free topic today than it used to be.
The following video captures some gender issues in classic Disney movies that can be overlooked, but could possibly have a negative impact on childrens behaviors.
1 comments:
The point made that gender identity is up to the individual these days is very true I think. Parents are more accepting of their children no matter what sport or activity they are in. A girl’s parents will gladly take her to the baseball game she’s playing in and a boy’s parents will proudly watch him as he competes in a jazz competition. Today society is not as worried about what you do, but more so if you do it well. This just furthers the point that gender identity is up to the individual and in times like this you can be anyone you want.
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