HDEV 200 Lecture 14: 5.9 Notes
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Simply a marketing decision, girls will identify more readily w/ male characters than boys identifying w/ female characters. G rated animated films and violent content yokota & thompson. 74 animated films btwn 1937-1999 average time of violence per film 9. 5 minutes (6 sec-24 minutes) @ least 1 character in each celebrated injury. Network television: linked to increase in childhood obesity, encourages ethnic and gender stereotypes, encourages inactivity, reduces imaginative play, sends confusing messages about sex. Parents be educated about negative consequences of tv viewing. Parents should limit viewing to 1-2 hrs per day. Parents should be helped to develop tv substitutes. What is sexual orientation: gender identity, gender role, sexual orientation (apa) Important concepts: ally-straight ppl who stand for lgbt, heterocentric, homophobia-irrational fear that can translate into hatred, starts as fear, heart of it is fear. 3-4 yr old interaction w/ parents, depending on how it resolves sexual orientation: social learning.