Unchaining Gender Stereotpyes In Kids

Lena Schmitz

At a community center in Buenos Aires, Lena held an activity for children about gender neutrality. When being shown specific objects or concepts painted on cards, the children identified many of them as "typical" for boys or girls. Lena then talked about their choices, reflected about the gender label for these object, and made the children realize that the function of an object or concept is what really matters.