Gender stereotypes in childhood

Counteracting Preschooler's Gender Stereotypical Perspectives

Supporting children to develop non-stereotypical gendered views of common occupations

Project details

Suggested by: rebecca

Project partner: The YMCA Ballarat

Budget

$20,000.00

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This project will allow us to explore whether exposure to gender non-stereotypical role models will have a counteractive effect on preschool children’s views relating to commonly gender-differentiated occupations within society, and their own reported career aspirations for the future. Our project involves the facilitation of planned interventions into the preschool environment, focusing on the effect they have on children’s developing gender stereotypical views in relation to occupations common in the community. If effective in counteracting preschooler’s gender-stereotypical views, we hope to implement these interventions across all 44 YMCA-managed kindergartens across the state.

Gender-differentiation in career aspirations and trajectories can be traced back to developing gender stereotypical perspectives in childhood, with women tending to gravitate towards female-dominant occupations and males towards male-dominant occupations once reaching adulthood. We have designed intervention strategies aimed at reducing gender stereotyping amongst young children, in order to encourage children in the community to eventually pursue academic and occupational aspirations unconstrained by traditional gender stereotyping.

Project details

Suggested by: rebecca

Project partner: The YMCA Ballarat

Budget

$20,000.00

Votes

Less than 50 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

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JaninaG

12 Sep 2018

Sounds like a good idea. except very similar have been done overseas, why reinvent the wheel, when there are starving children in the area?

Jane

19 Aug 2018

Would love to see this initiative implemented! Pretty important exploration of something that affects all our kids.

Pauline Whyte

16 Aug 2018

This is such a great initiative. In just a short time we are seeing a broadening of ideas and attitudes toward stereotypes. It would be great to have the support of the broader community as well.