ED 262 mylineONLINE: Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations
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World's children rapidly turning obese

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Obesity rates have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls are now too fat.

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STUDY: Transgender Kids Are Not 'Confused' About Their Gender Identities

SUNY researchers say we can do away with the social narrative depicting trans kids as 'pretending' or unclear about their gender identities.

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Seriously, Mattel? Hello Barbie is OBSESSED With Fashion.

Seriously, Mattel? Hello Barbie is OBSESSED With Fashion. | ED 262 mylineONLINE:  Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations | Scoop.it
Is Hello Barbie anti-feminist?

For most of Barbie’s nearly six decades of existence, she has been held up as a symbol of how sexist gender ideals are marketed to young women: a high-heeled, hyper-sexualized stereotype, coated in cotton candy-pink and glitter. 


Via malek, Deanna Dahlsad
malek's curator insight, January 12, 2016 9:43 AM

 It’s a disturbing reinforcement of the deeply sexist idea that being feminine—that being a girl or a woman—necessitates a consuming interest in fashion and appearance. When my colleague