I helped write a Hebrew version of FTBY&M at Camp Ramah! Who knew there were so many Hebrew versions out there...
Thanks for sharing your friend's critique. I have to say, as much as we live in a culture that *claims* boys and girls can grow up to be whatever they want to be, there is still a lot of implicit evidence to the contrary, and kids don't miss a thing. Even in cases where parents have jobs that go against traditional gender stereotypes... I'm thinking of a story of a little boy whose mom is a rabbi and who, when asked if he wanted to be a rabbi, made a face and said "that's for girls." So maybe we can detach the job from its gender stereotype, but getting rid of the idea that roles are gendered altogether... that seems harder to do.
I helped write a Hebrew version of FTBY&M at Camp Ramah! Who knew there were so many Hebrew versions out there...
Thanks for sharing your friend's critique. I have to say, as much as we live in a culture that *claims* boys and girls can grow up to be whatever they want to be, there is still a lot of implicit evidence to the contrary, and kids don't miss a thing. Even in cases where parents have jobs that go against traditional gender stereotypes... I'm thinking of a story of a little boy whose mom is a rabbi and who, when asked if he wanted to be a rabbi, made a face and said "that's for girls." So maybe we can detach the job from its gender stereotype, but getting rid of the idea that roles are gendered altogether... that seems harder to do.