Pink or Blue? Children Exploring Their Gender Identity
Pink is for girls, while blue is for boys. Playing with dolls and doing tea parties are activities appropriate for girls. Robots and role-playing as soldiers are better fitted for boys. Embedded deep into culture are stereotypes that define and command gender identity and expression as early as childhood. These standards and norms commonly limit how children express themselves, forcing them into bubbles governed by clichés, conventionalized identities, and biases formed by narrow-minded perspectives and views. However, as the world becomes more diverse in gender identity, children restrained and forced into these limited boxes are prone to confusion...