![]() ![]() The results launched 1000 headlines about how gendered play reinforced negative stereotypes for girls and rankled many princess-positive parents.īut now Coyne has published a follow-up study in which she interviewed about half of the children in that same group (as many as were willing to participate five years later), now 10 and 11 years old. ![]() ![]() She found that high engagement with princess culture was associated with more female-stereotypical behavior one year later for both boys and girls-a reassuring result for parents of boys who love princesses and grow to be more in touch with their emotions, but a scary one for parents trying to find ways to teach their daughters strength and independence. Inspired by her own anxieties over her daughter’s obsession with princesses, she conducted a study with 307 4- and 5-year-old children (about half of whom identified as boys and half of whom identified as girls) in 20 in which she asked children and parents how often they watched Disney princess films and TV shows, how often they played with princess toys and asked them to rank their favorite toys from a box of play things that are typically considered “feminine” (tea sets and dolls), “masculine” (action figure and tool set) and “neutral” (puzzles and paint sets). ![]() Sarah Coyne, a professor and researcher at Brigham Young University, played a major role in the debate over princess culture. ![]()
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