Blog Post

 After reading Emily Martin’s essay “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Bases on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles” I researched textbook bias for my final paper. As a childhood education major I want to be the best and most informed teacher I can be so my students will really benefit from my class. That’s why this research was so important to me. Through my research I found that biases against women in literature could start as early as children’s books. This was so shocking to me; Children’s books always seem to be so innocent and lacking an agenda. Attached is an article exploring where these gender biases lie. I think its important for all education majors to know where biases can exist in their textbooks and make sure to look for textbooks without biases. I’m so happy that I took this class. I know the information I learned from it will stay with me through my teaching.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/new-study-finds-gender-bias-in-childrens-books/