Professional paper
Preferences of Gender-Typed and Gender-Neutral Toys in Preschool Children
Vedrana Kuti
Lara Cakić
; Fakultet za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
Toys encourage development of different cognitive, social and motor skills in children. The aim of this research was to question the preferences of gender-typed and gender-neutral toys in preschool children. The research was conducted on the sample of 93 preschool children 4 to 5 years of age (N=93). Children have assessed whether each of the 30 toys, which they have previously regarded as those they liked the most, were meant “for boys”, “for girls” or “for both girls and boys”. In a survey of preferences of gender-typed and gender-neutral toys, toys that were used were those which were most often regarded as gender-typed, three for girls, three for boys, and three gender-neutral toys. In most cases, children preferred gender-typed toys. It was mostly done by girls for girls (94,12%), and the least boys for boys (71,43%), which is not consistent with the rest of the literature on this subject matter. Toys chosen for girls were those associated with beauty and care, pink and pastel colored, while the ones for boys were those associated with thrill and violence, being mostly blue and black in color.
Keywords
children 4 to 5 years of age; game; sex stereotypes; toy preferences
Hrčak ID:
216731
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Publication date:
21.12.2018.
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