... I will be analyzing cartoons that are specific to gender, both boys and girls. I will include things that are used to generalize how a boy or girl should or is expected to behave, dress and or speak. I will also include why these cartoons would be considered a gender specific show by pinpointing what the writers used in the series to display femininity and masculinity and how that helps parents ... to better choose the types of cartoons they allow both ... their sons or daughters to watch which also provides some clarity of what is expected of these young children as they grow up. The ...

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... right down her voice into her living room. Her father and all the other men were standing around in ice-cream coats and bow ties...When my parents have somebody over they get lemonade and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with 'They'll Do It Every time' cartoons stenciled on." The girls are buying a jar of Kingfish Fancy Herring Snacks as Lengel ... , the store manager and Sunday school teacher, criticizes their dress, "Girls this isn't the beach." The queen answers, "My mother asked me to pick up a jar of herring snacks ... ." Lengel continues to harass the girls. "Girl...

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... a result of how we teenagers jumble up our view of the world? Taking this issue to another level, how do these relationships form? Dating became a "serious matter" somewhere around age thirteen with my friends. Rather than trading Pokemon cards or talking about cartoons, the boys and girls separated into groups to talk about each other. In other words, they would separate so they could "check ... out" the opposing group as if they were picking from a menu. From my experience this process involved harsh criticisms and very important ... will go as far as to make themselves look like buf...

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... out conformity. Girls who are labelled as "tomboys" are seen to be going through a phase which will soon end when they realise that being feminine is much more "natural" and "acceptable". Boys who take an interest in dolls, cooking, housework etc. are labelled "cissies" and are often told to "behave like a man". Through the media many children's cartoons are stereotyped, generally the main action "hero ... " is male being portrayed as having dangerous and exciting adventures, rescuing girls and animals, being dominant, active and brave, compared to females as they ... ...

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... and if it's a real racy affair Schlitz in tall glasses with "They"ll Do It Every Time" cartoons stenciled on." (Updike 855). He feels that he must get out and the sooner the better. He is still young and hasn't completely thought his decision through and yet he makes up his mind. He quits his job using the girls merely as an excuse to get out ... . His final journey to experience is short. He looks around for "his girls" (Updike 857 ... hoping for a good outcome. But it turns out that things don't go exactly the way they plan and the girls just go on with their business not really notic...

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... teach them that not everythink that glitters is gold and to give them a better perception of the world. That of course does not mean that parents are affected less by the TV. On the contrary, they are often more affected than their kids, of course not by cartoons, but by shows that contain information about serious subjects such as parenthood. Concerned with being good ... parents, people are accumulating a lot of information on the subject. As the information can be very helpful, sometimes it can be ... parents were worried and had searched psychological advice? The answer to this que...

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... future pretty young lady, wife and mother. Even though this poem was written in 1971 the difference between girl and boy toys is still apparent. Upon visiting the ToysRus web site there was the separate option of suggested girl and boy toys. When choosing the suggested girls toy link the screen was overcome with pinks and dolls and houses -again promoting femininity and motherhood ... society makes a distinction between girls and boys toys, so will the children within the society. The next stage of a female's life brought up in the poem is puberty; this stage is introduced by Piercy nea...

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