Gender Stereotypes In Toys

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The toy packages did not have any children models presented on them. However, when looking at the toys descriptions, some of the toys contained images of children models playing with those specific toys. The majority of models were white Caucasian girls, and some were African American girls. When looking at African American models, it was inevitable to notice that the majority of them were light-skinned. There were not Asian or Latino/a female models present. As for boy toys, the majority of toys did not include photos of children playing, but those toys who had pictures portrayed white male models and one Latino model. When entering the website, on the toy’s home page banner, there is an image of three children playing. The image consisted

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