Exploring the Origins and Persistence of Gender Stereotypes

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Brewer, Holly. "List of Gender Stereotypes." Health Guidance. HealthGuidance.org. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This source speaks briefly about gender stereotypes and what they are, before listing many common stereotypes for both males and females. This information will help me when I create the quiz for my project, because I will have an abundance of stereotypes to choose form. This source seems reliable, and rather unbiased, which makes it more useful.
Campbell, Patricia. "Girls Are ... Boys Are ..." U.S. Department of Education, 1994. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This is an article that talks about gender stereotypes and the actual differences between males and females. This article also explains why stereotypes and myths exist, which will help greatly in my research paper. This source seems extremely reliable, since it is from the U.S. Department of Education.
Curtis, Polly. "Pink v. Blue." The Guardian. UK News, 20 May 2014. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This source is a rather scientific article discussing whether the stereotype that boys like blue and girls like pink is true. Its central question was "are color and toy preference dictated by nature or nurture?" This article is essentially discussing the fact that boys and girls are the way they are because of how they were raised, which is commonly to live up to female and male stereotypes. This source seems moderately reliable, and it uses other sources that may be much less biased, which I will look into. The information found here will help in my research paper.
"Gender Identity." Planned Parenthood. PlannedParenthood.org. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This website speaks about gender identity and common stereotypes that go along with each gender. It also speaks about how to challenge gender stereotypes. This we...

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...014. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This article speaks about where gender stereotypes come from and why they persist. The article may be a bit biased, but provides citations and other information I can do background research with. The information presented in the article will be helpful for my research paper, because it gives a lot of useful information about why stereotypes exist in the first place.
Sargent, J.F. "5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite." Cracked.com. Cracked.com, 24 Apr. 2012. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This article talks about gender stereotypes that used to be the opposite, effectively showing that these stereotypes are untrue and completely made up by society. The article even explains how the stereotypes used to be different and why. This article may be a little biased, but provides enough information to do other research on more reliable sources.

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