Gender stereotypes in fairytales

2.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
 Cinderella (1950)
 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
 The Little Mermaid (1989)
 Aladdin (1992)
 Tangled (2010)

3.  Women
 Fragile
 Damsel in distress
 Housewives
 Men
 Tough
 Female protectors
 Heroes

6. SEX Male Female
GENDER Masculine Feminine
DESIRE Likes females Likes males

7. “Some people worry that fairy tales do not
give a truthful rendition of life. They fear
such stories are therefore unhealthy for
children” (Davis, 2009).
“Though the films are magical and fun they
do show gender stereotypes and present
an idea for young children that the roles of
men and women are different than what
they are in society today” (Archer, 2008).

9. VERSUS

10. VERSUS

11.  How children perceive gender roles in
society?
 Teachers’ support for the children in
doing critical analysis.
 Gender awareness among the students.
 Raising questions about the main
characters; damsel in distress and
heroes.

12.  Introduce gender aspects; assignment,
role, identity, and attribution.
 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little
Mermaid, and Aladdin versus Tangled.
 Children have own ideal fairytales.

13. “Children need to learn that girls
can be heroes and boys can help
around the house” (Archer, 2008).

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