Fairy Tales And Gender Role
- Category Literature
- Subcategory Literary Genre
- Topic Fairy Tale
- Words 67
- Pages 0
Introduction
Introducing fairy tales to children at a young age has been a strategy used by many adults as a means to inform, educate, and/or entertain them. Fairy tales contain themes, symbols, and messages that are deeply layered in our perception of society, sexuality, and gender roles. Children at this developmental stage are perceived as “cognitive aliens” as they begin to understand the world through an adult’s eyes