Bad Stereotypes

[clarebear4]

Is it me or are two of the three female characters in Muffin the Mule giving a very bad image of women. The Lamb and the Giraffe are obsessed with their looks and the third female does house work and the men solve all the problems. Maybe I am too sensitive.

Do you think are children should be watching such gender stereotyped programmes such as Andy Pandy and the Tweemies

I always thought andy pandy was a bit effeminate

yes clarebear4 i agree but should are children be allowed to watch Balamory surely that only confuses them about gender or is that a good thing?

what made you say that? do you not think its gender stereotyped boys in blue girls blonde hair in bunches and pink dress?

doormat do you have any children?

yes

how old are they?

I have 6 and 2 ss. They are from nearly 21 to 4 yrs.
Do you have any and how old?

How does Balamory confuse children about gender?

Not watched Muffin but it looks crap and as for the Tweenies.......well words fail me. Stereotypical doesnt even BEGIN to describe them.

I actually really like Bob the Builder because Wendy is so no-nonsense and capable: just gets on with it without any fuss and is usually either as good as Bob or better, although the slight undercurrent of unrequited love pisses me off a bit. My DD (2 tomorrow) loves her and wants special "Bob the Builder" pants for her potty training.

When I help out at playgroup the girls are all dressed as princesses and fairies and are pretending to iron or cook things in the playhouse or getting married to whichever boy they can drag into their game. The boys are buiding spaceships or driving cars and trains. It may be wrong but it is the way things are (probably more nurture than nature IMO).

my ds watches most all of the above programmes it hasn,t affected him he started school 3 weeks ago & he still likes to play in home corner with the girls he loves to pretend to cook play with dolls etc, & he likes to run about with the boys.he told me yesterday emily is his best friend in the morning & arron is his best friend in the afternoon.i think some times it,s the things we give them to play with that make them how they are.

LOL @ Balamory - PC Plum would confuse the best of us!!!

I love Bob - its very typical of our house... Bob says he'll do a job, stands around talking about it for ages, then Wendy does it!

I think there is too much worrying about these things - I find it far more important the ideas that they get from home/school

Me too flamebat - I just don't even think about it. FWIW, my boys' favourite programme ever is Dora the Explorer - they are addicted.

Even so, when seeing an ad for Polly Pocket the other day ds1 (4.5) turned his nose up and said 'that's for girls isn't it mummy?'. And one day in Tesco he pointed to a cake with pink icing on and said it was for girls.

There's no getting round it imo!

Yup, since my godson has started nursery he's been very much girls and boys things. Poor DD gets told that she can't play with his brother's spiderman toys (which she loves) because they are boys toys and she's a Bronwyn (occasionally she gets to be a girl, but most of the time, she's this ungendered Bronwyn!!!)