APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Boys Don’t Cry? Gender Differences in Emotion Portrayals within Storybooks
- Malina Her
San Jose State University - Geena Moreno
University of Michigan - Katie Perez
University of Michigan - Jillian Yelinek
University of the Pacific - Jessica Grady
University of the Pacific
Abstract
Across 40 best-selling storybooks for young children, some emotions were portrayed in a gender-stereotyped way. Specifically, girl characters depicted the discrete emotion love proportionally more often and boy characters expressed fear and dislike proportionally more often. Happiness, sadness, or worry were not portrayed differently by boy versus girl characters.
Emotion
