Guest post by Dan Bye in a comment on She said the s word.
Does everyone know the Mr Men series of children’s books, originally by Roger Hargreaves (since his death the franchise has been picked up by his son)?
There was a subsequent series of Little Miss books, which you could see as a response to accusations that the original series was too male-orientated. The accusation wasn’t without some substance, but if you compare the Mr Men characters with the Little Miss characters, you notice something very interesting.
Here’s the list of books, in case you don’t know them:
http://www.mrmen.com/en/books.html
Notice a few things (I’m generalising, but the stereotypes are there nonetheless).
First of all, the male characters … Read the rest
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