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Goffman, E. (1961). Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. New York: Anchor. Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman’s research into total institutions and their effect on social relations and the resocialization process in human societies.
Rose, J., Mackey-Kallis, S., Shyles, L., Barry, K., Biagini, D., Hart, C., & Jack, L. (2012). Face it: The impact of gender on social media images. Communication Quarterly, 60(5). An empirical research study on the way gender stereotypes may be transmitted through social media.
van Oosten, J.M.F., Vandenbosch, L., & Peter, J. (2017). Gender roles on social networking sites: Investigating reciprocal relationships between Dutch adolescents’ hypermasculinity and hyperfemininity and sexy online self-presentations. Journal of Children and Media, 11(2).An empirical research study on the presentation of gender roles on social media over a long-term time frame.
Spinner, L., Cameron, L., & Calogero, R. (2018). Peer toy play as a gateway to children’s gender flexibility: The effect of (counter) stereotypic portrayals of peers in children’s magazines. Sex Roles, 79(5–6). An empirical research study on the way toys in the media influences the gender socialization process.
Recommended Videos
Klein, J., & Reichert, J. (1971). Growing Up Female.New Day Films. One of the first documentaries about the feminist movement, it explores the way six different women are raised to understand their perspective on socialization.
Siebel Newsom, J. (2011). Miss Representation. Girls’ Club Entertainment. A documentary exploring how gender roles, ideas, and representations are depicted in the media and culture.
Abdelmoneim, J. (2017). No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? BBC. A short-lived documentary television series about a doctor who runs a socialization experiment in which children are not taught traditional gender roles.
Recommended websites
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/WRGS/Pages/GenderStereotypes.aspx A website from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner defining gender stereotypes and the damage they cause as well as additional information, research, and statistics detailing the reality and experiences of women from around the world.
https://www.thoughtco.com/sociology-research-and-statistics-s2-3026650 A website from intellectual content provider, ThoughtCo., providing an easy-to-read summary of the major sociological theories.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/genderequality/gender-stereotypes-and-sexism A website produced by leading international human rights organisation known as the Council of Europe providing resources on addressing gender stereotypes.