A Typical Child's Room

from: Shanique

A room can say a lot about a person; form their favorite color to their hobby. Whenever you enter a child room it is safe to say that they are pretty much the same. As a child the only thing that they have in their room; which represent who they are, is their toys. The first place that children learn gender role is at home. It starts at home when the parent decides weather to paint the bedroom blue or pink. The strong masculine color that is on the wall is letting his know that he is a boy. It is also told to them when the type of toys that the parent chooses to buy is considered to be a boy toy or a girl toy. When parents are buying a game system for their kids, they stick more to the stereotype game. For example, they will buy football, car racing, and fighting games for boys, and for girls they would buy princess game, singing, and dancing. The room is not messy, but there are a few sings that show us that it could be in better condition. The clothes are not neatly folded and put away in the draws. Also the blinds in the window seem as if it was not handled with care. Which if this was a girl’s room, it would be much neater. Boys are portrayed to be much more destructive than girls, which make their messy room more acceptable. It may be something that is subconscious but it is something that parents do, and it is as simple as decorating a bed room. Weather its blue instead of pink, or video games instead of Barbie dolls the message that parents send to their kids of gender roll is the same.