Gender stereotyping and under-representation of female characters in 200 popular children's picture books: A twenty-first century update

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 757-765

  Hamilton, Mykol C ^a   Anderson, David ^a   Broaddus, Michelle ^a   Young, Kate ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's literature; Female under representation; Gender stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845629365     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9128-6     Document Type: Article

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