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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Mattel on women
- Keywords: Targetting females once again.
- Message-ID: <1992Oct13.205052.28308@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 13 Oct 92 20:50:52 GMT
- References: <1755@spam.ua.oz> <1992Oct13.165433.23065@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1bfasbINNft9@hilbert.math.ksu.edu>
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- In article <1bfasbINNft9@hilbert.math.ksu.edu> jxh@math.ksu.edu (James C. Hu) writes:
- >crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >> Inanimate objects are greatly overrated 'role models'. Usually,
- >> what mommy or daddy say and do are much more important.
- >
- >I don't think anyone disagrees with this sentiment. However,
- >stereotypes get reinforced, and this is a bad thing. I think a child
- >should be encouraged to learn. Having your doll tell you "Math is
- >hard" is not a very encouraging sentiment. It certainly doesn't help
- >foster a desire to learn math.
-
- Leaving aside the question of whether this particular doll is
- impeding a desire to learn math, should dolls 'foster a desire
- to learn math'? Is this a desirable attribute in a doll?
-
- In any case, I suspect that the sales of such a doll would not
- be stellar, for the simple reason that that is not the function of
- dolls.
-
- dale bass
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