Cartoons and Gender Roles What are gender roles? Gender roles are stereotypes of what society feels men and women should and should not do. As people get older, they grow and many learn gender roles are not necessarily correct. In children they do not have this knowledge. they learn from what they see, and they watch many hours of television. Television is a key factor in stereotyping gender roles. Most people realize that commercials and …showed first 75 words of 416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 416 total…Does this mean cartoons should be banned? No, but it is time for parents to stand up, and talk to their children. Parents should inform their children that cartoons are not real, and whatever stereotypes are given let them know they are untrue. Parents should raise their children, not the television industry. Children should grow up thinking they can do whatever they set their mind to do, and no television producer should tell them differently.