Gender Biases

Girls are more likely to have books read to [blank] that include female protagonists than boys. Because of these preferences, children are more likely to learn about the gender biases of their own gender than of other genders. The researchers [blank] 247 books written for children 5 years old and younger from the Wisconsin Children's Book Corpus. The books with female protagonists had more gendered language than the books with male protagonists. The researchers [blank] this finding to "male" being historically seen as the default gender. Female-coded words and phrases are more outside of the norm and more notable. The researchers also compared their findings to adult fiction books and found children's books displayed more gender stereotypes than fictional books read [blank] adults. In particular, the researchers examined how often women were associated with good, family, language and arts, while men were associated with bad, careers and math.