tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post4694375735396602997..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Picture Books and Gender: The Latest SnapshotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-12700323203570008882007-05-18T22:17:00.000-05:002007-05-18T22:17:00.000-05:00I wonder if the discrepency in the number of male ...I wonder if the discrepency in the number of male versus female images has to do with the weather-beaten idea that girls can identify with boys in art but boys can only identify with boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-70454638214233156872007-05-17T22:39:00.000-05:002007-05-17T22:39:00.000-05:00Maybe families (which are equally likely to have g...Maybe families (which are equally likely to have girls as boys) look for books with girls as heroes as often as they look for books with boys as heroes, to try and let the children identify with the characters (parents often have trouble believing their kid could identify with a hero of the other sex), whereas the award committees have no such need. The award committees can simply choose what they feel are the best picture books of the year, regardless of the sex of the hero, which leads to a more representative sample among winning picture books.<BR/><BR/>I could be completely wrong, since I'm guessing based on what the parents in my bookstore are usually looking for and not based on any actual knowledge of why the difference exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com