Robots, Boats, And Soul 22: How The Gender Binary Applies To Disney
Animated Non-Human Characters
Kripp, S. & Nadal, K.
Robots, Boats, And Soul 22: How The Gender Binary Applies To Disney
Kripp, S. & Nadal, K.
I found your research personally interesting. Last week, my 4 year old granddaugter was pointing to a picture of an animated animal character in a magazine and used the pronoun “she” in her description. I asked why she thought the character was a girl, and she pointed to very tiny lines next to the drawing’s eyes and said “because she has the marks,” meaning eyelashes. How quickly children pick up on subtle cues that have become culturally gendered!
Thank you so much for your comment and insight. We loved doing this research for precisely this reason: its incredible impact on children’s understanding of sex and gender from such a young age. Thank you for sharing your personal experience with this!
Thank you for sharing your personal experience! If you would like to hear more about our findings or have access to the paper that accompanies our poster, please don’t hesitate to email me at knadal@students.stonehill.edu or my research partner, Sophie Kripp, at skripp@students.stonehill.edu.