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Article: Effects of Gender Color-Coding on Toddlers' Gender-Typical Toy Play
Title | Effects of Gender Color-Coding on Toddlers' Gender-Typical Toy Play |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Color preferences Gender differences Gender stereotyping Sex-typing Toy preferences |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0004-0002 |
Citation | Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2015, v. 44 n. 5, p. 1233-1242 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Gender color-coding of children’s toys may make certain toys more appealing or less appealing to a given gender. We observed toddlers playing with two gender-typical toys (a train, a doll), once in gender-typical colors and once in gender-atypical colors. Assessments occurred twice, at 20–40 months of age and at 26–47 months of age. A Sex × Time × Toy × Color ANOVA showed expected interactions between Sex and Toy and Sex and Color. Boys played more with the train than girls did and girls played more with the doll and with pink toys than boys did. The Sex × Toy × Color interaction was not significant, but, at both time points, boys and girls combined played more with the gender-atypical toy when its color was typical for their sex than when it was not. This effect appeared to be caused largely by boys’ preference for, or avoidance of, the doll and by the use of pink. Also, at both time points, gender differences in toy preferences were larger in the gender-typical than in the gender-atypical color condition. At Time 2, these gender differences were present only in the gender-typical color condition. Overall, the results suggest that, once acquired, gender-typical color preferences begin to influence toy preferences, especially those for gender-atypical toys and particularly in boys. They thus could enlarge differences between boys’ and girls’ toy preferences. Because boys’ and girls’ toys elicit different activities, removing the gender color-coding of toys could encourage more equal learning opportunities. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206101 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 4.891 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.288 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, WI | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hines, M | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-20T12:18:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-20T12:18:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2015, v. 44 n. 5, p. 1233-1242 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-0002 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206101 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Gender color-coding of children’s toys may make certain toys more appealing or less appealing to a given gender. We observed toddlers playing with two gender-typical toys (a train, a doll), once in gender-typical colors and once in gender-atypical colors. Assessments occurred twice, at 20–40 months of age and at 26–47 months of age. A Sex × Time × Toy × Color ANOVA showed expected interactions between Sex and Toy and Sex and Color. Boys played more with the train than girls did and girls played more with the doll and with pink toys than boys did. The Sex × Toy × Color interaction was not significant, but, at both time points, boys and girls combined played more with the gender-atypical toy when its color was typical for their sex than when it was not. This effect appeared to be caused largely by boys’ preference for, or avoidance of, the doll and by the use of pink. Also, at both time points, gender differences in toy preferences were larger in the gender-typical than in the gender-atypical color condition. At Time 2, these gender differences were present only in the gender-typical color condition. Overall, the results suggest that, once acquired, gender-typical color preferences begin to influence toy preferences, especially those for gender-atypical toys and particularly in boys. They thus could enlarge differences between boys’ and girls’ toy preferences. Because boys’ and girls’ toys elicit different activities, removing the gender color-coding of toys could encourage more equal learning opportunities. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0004-0002 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Archives of Sexual Behavior | - |
dc.rights | The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0400-5 | - |
dc.subject | Color preferences | - |
dc.subject | Gender differences | - |
dc.subject | Gender stereotyping | - |
dc.subject | Sex-typing | - |
dc.subject | Toy preferences | - |
dc.title | Effects of Gender Color-Coding on Toddlers' Gender-Typical Toy Play | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, WI: iwwong@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, WI=rp01774 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10508-014-0400-5 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 25267577 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84931007234 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 241265 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 231263 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 44 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1233 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1242 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000356247300013 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0004-0002 | - |