Question

Teri and Chris have a 3-year-old daughter Fran. Teri and Chris don't want their daughter to grow up with traditional views of gender and gender roles. Based on the gender-schema theory, which of the following would you tell to Teri and Chris?
a. Now that Fran knows she is a girl, there is nothing you can do to stop her from developing traditional views of gender and gender roles.b. You should limit Fran’s exposure to traditional gender roles — only allow her to see and engage in gender-neutral roles and activities.c. Now that Fran knows she is a girl it is very hard to avoid gender-typical activities and roles. So, you should expose her to as many counter-stereotypical examples as possible (e.g., women who fly planes).d. You should expose Fran to only counter-stereotypical activities and roles so that she learns that men should have expressive traits and women should have instrumental traits.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. Now that Fran knows she is a girl it is very hard to avoid gender-typical activities and roles. So, you should expose her to as many counter-stereotypical examples as possible (e.g., women who fly planes).

Explanation: it is always hard to avoid the gender stereotypes since the child will eventually get exposed to different people whom some of them believe in these gender roles however if one can be exposed to various roles that show that women and men can do the same thing it will encourage their mind to look at gender roles differently irrespective of how they grow up .