I Is for Important
- 1974 ----- color ----- 11 min ----- 16mm
- Focuses on sex role stereotyping in social interactions and emotional expression. Includes sequences depicting sex role biases displayed by teachers in their disciplinary actions and pupil-task assignments, resistance by children to role reversal in kindergarten play, anxiety felt by boys over appearing to be "sissy" before their peers, frustration experienced by boys who attempt to assume a nurturing role or express emotions such as sorrow or tenderness and the indoctrination of girls with commercial definitions of beauty. The students range from kindergarten through the eighth grade.
- Topics: (Child Study, Sociology, Women Studies)
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