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Genders still stereotyped online

Not surprisingly girls want to be girls, boys, boys

In general, the traditional gender roles are maintained on the Internet between young boys and girls. There is a strong awareness regarding images that are gender-coded as "boyish” and "girlish” among both 10- and 13-year-olds, even though it is much more developed in the 13-year-olds.
This according to associate professor of Media and Communications Studies, Michael Forsman at Södertörn University College. Forsman is responsible for the study Duckface/Stoneface, where 10- and 13-year-olds’ online behavior was analyzed.
One hundred and forty-two children were interviewed both individually and in groups. The name of the study refers to two typical ”selfies” used for many kids as a sort of ideal: Pouting with the mouth and flirting with the camera with a so-called "duckface” is considered, by both 10- and 13-year-olds, as ”girlish.” Meanwhile, the ideal for boys is the ”stoneface,” where you try to appear as unmoved yet determined as possible.


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