I think people have heard my anecdote about this but I'll retell it anyway.
The first time I read that book to your DS1 I was shocked. I had such strong memories of the book from my childhood. But this wasn't the same book. This book had such strong gender roles!
A few weeks later I paged through it slowly while he was demanding my company but refusing to let me do anything in that standard toddler way. All of a sudden something clicked. And I realized that as a child I viewed all of the people in pants as being either women or men. So from my point of view women could do any job in the book, but men could only do the pants jobs.
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Re: What Do People Do All Day
Date: 2005-10-03 07:40 pm (UTC)I think people have heard my anecdote about this but I'll retell it anyway.
The first time I read that book to your DS1 I was shocked. I had such strong memories of the book from my childhood. But this wasn't the same book. This book had such strong gender roles!
A few weeks later I paged through it slowly while he was demanding my company but refusing to let me do anything in that standard toddler way. All of a sudden something clicked. And I realized that as a child I viewed all of the people in pants as being either women or men. So from my point of view women could do any job in the book, but men could only do the pants jobs.